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An incredibly rare Tudor shield once used by King Henry VIII and his men has been put up for sale at auction for £50,000. The remarkable 'gun shield' dates back to the 16th century were used by the king's bodyguards to protect the monarch. The metal armour, around the size of a dustbin lid...

The Queen has attended an Easter service at Windsor Castle on the day she celebrates her 93rd birthday. She was presented with flowers and a crowd sang "Happy Birthday" as she left St George's Chapel. In an Easter message, Prime Minister Theresa May said the UK "must stand up for the right of...

COFFEE HOUSE What David Attenborough’s climate change show didn’t tell you Ross Clark 20 April 2019 The Spectator Given the reception that awaited Richard Madeley when he ventured last week that David Attenborough is “not a saint, just a broadcaster” – something which is evidently true...

I braced myself for the response to the deeply shocking Notre-Dame fire this week, fully expecting cries of solidarity to become cries about how we’re all European. And that’s exactly what happened. It was immediately clear that the tragedy was being seized on as a chance to advance a pro-EU...

Rabbits have been hopping around the UK since Roman times, experts have been able to prove for the first time. Scientific tests on a rabbit bone, found at Fishbourne Roman Palace in West...

On Thursday, the Queen handed out Maundy Money to 186 pensioners - 93 men and 93 women, 93 being the age she becomes tomorrow - in a centuries-old Easter tradition...

Around 20,000 worshippers gathered in Trafalgar Square yesterday for the annual Passion of Jesus celebration, which depicts the Easter story...

The National Wallace Monument has reopened following a refurbishment of its exhibition galleries to celebrate the landmark's 150th anniversary. Work to transform all three floors of the...

Before you empty your car boot in preparation - yes, the offer of free booze at a Torfaen supermarket really is too good to be true. A sign in Cwmbran's Asda for the alcohol-free section...

Every year during Easter Week Rod Liddle draws up a chart of his least favourite countries and distributes the list to close friends and relatives... My least favourite countries in the world...

Ancient Britons travelled to huge feasts near Stonehenge from all over the country more than 4,000 years ago, experts have found. It made the prehistoric stone circle the...

These are tumultuous times. Across Europe and the West, the old political allegiances are disintegrating and populism is on the rise. Comparisons have been made to the 1930s, an era of economic depression and political instability so extreme it became known as the Devil’s Decade – years...

The head of a Neolithic dog has been recreated using a skull discovered in a cairn tomb in Orkney. A forensic artist used 3D images of the 4,000-year-old animal to build the model - complete...

A bricked-up window containing 15th Century glass and a Georgian baker's oven have been found during restoration work on a city's "hidden gem". Tunwell's Court has two shopfronts...

A prehistoric monument that boasts the world’s largest stone circle and now stands among the World Heritage Sites may have been designed to commemorate a single, humble house when it was built more than 5,000 years ago...

Glasgow's wild parakeet flock is colourful and popular with the locals but their days may be numbered. About...

New research has shown where William Shakespeare lived in London when he was writing Romeo and Juliet. It was...

We rejoin Sir Toby Amadeira, the MP for the West Country seat of Crumblybottom, after a rather bruising encounter with his local party officers. He decides to visit the famous Crumblybottom market... The messages MPs will be getting from their local Market Square...

Nigel Farage has vowed to bring together prominent business people and academics to stand in the 2019 European Parliament elections as members of his new pro-Brexit party. The former Ukip leader confirmed his Brexit Party will be contesting all 73 seats. His bombshell announcement comes amid...

Cambridge have won the 165th University Boat Race on the Thames in London, winning in a time of 16 minutes and 57 seconds, not far short of the course record of 16 minutes and 19 seconds set by Cambridge in 1998...