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Someone courageous with cunning and a devout belief in Brexit needs to come back to Brussels. That much should also be obvious. Independence must be immediate and unconditional...

Henry VI and his wife Margaret of Anjou were joined in bed by their most trusted courtiers, a historian has revealed. Lauren Johnson has uncovered evidence in the National Archives and...

An Anglo-Saxon sword dating back 1,400 years which was engraved with a swastika by its historical owner is set to fetch up to £3,000...

Jack the Ripper's victims were not prostitutes but mainly homeless women, a new book has claimed. Historian...

The UK political commentariat are a lazy bunch. Brexit is one of their biggest topics in decades – a bonanza that any amateur can pitch in on – yet remarkably few have got to grips with the key texts. If they had, they would realise Brexit is at that stage of the chess game where the...

Here, historian Sean Lang rounds up eight of the most affable kings in history – most of whom were too nice for their own good… 8 of the nicest kings in history...

A visitor from Mars tuning into events in Britain in recent months would rightly be shocked by the political paralysis in Westminster, the calamitous state of the motor industry, and the mortal damage to immediate business confidence caused by Brexit uncertainty...

In pro-Remain circles, there is an obsession with the economic dimension of Brexit. What will it do to jobs? The amount of time lorries have to wait at Dover? Will we have to pay €7 to visit Europe post-Brexit? What about data-roaming charges when we’re holidaying in Spain? Have you thought...

The discovery of what is thought to be a Pictish stone is “potentially very exciting”, according to an expert. Wayne Miles, an amateur metal detectorist, found the stone carved with an eagle on land near his home outside Elgin in Moray having apparently been discarded by builders working on a...

The Church of England is planning to hold five days of prayer to mark Britain’s departure from the EU. Just as well the...

Archaeologists have discovered for the first time Roman graffiti made centuries ago by soldiers quarrying stone to repair Hadrian's Wall...

The public finances are on the mend, recording a healthy surplus in January on booming tax receipts. Employment is at record levels (32.6 million), with real wage growth at a two-year high. Despite a global slowdown, Britain expanded 1.4 per cent last year, recording just 4 per cent...

The first public gig by John Lennon and Yoko Ono is being celebrated 50 years after it took place. Ono was booked as...

An explorer has travelled the length and breadth of Britain to photograph over 400 mysterious hidden ancient sites. Dave Hamilton, 44, ventured across the country from the Isle of Wight to the Orkney archipelago to uncover...

I have few doubts that there might be one or two inconveniences in the first month or so after we leave with No Deal. But to listen to the Chicken...

The UK is already the third-largest destination for Norwegian investment, and now they’re putting in more. It...

Democratic honesty is being casually abandoned by a knot of pro-Brussels obsessives who think they can do whatever they like. And they suppose we won’t notice...

A recently discovered football programme has shed new light on a match featuring a team of Nazi forced labourers, thought to have been thwarted by German authorities...

A string of iron age hillforts that dot the landscape of the English West Country is to be rejuvenated as part of a lottery award worth almost £1m. Thirteen hillforts in Dorset and Wiltshire, which are...

Nigel Farage is plotting to steal Tories for his new Brexit Party if there is a delay on leaving the EU, it was claimed on Friday. Catherine Blaiklock - a former UKIP candidate who is heading the party -...