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The Duke of Edinburgh is retiring from royal duties this autumn, Buckingham Palace has announced. The decision was made by Prince Philip himself and is supported by the Queen, a palace spokesman said. The duke, who turns 96 next month, will attend previously scheduled engagements between...

Shot in a forest, murdered by your bodyguard, succumbing to malaria and having a red-hot-poker shoved up your anus: These are some of the unfortunate ways English kings have fatally succumbed... 10 Unfortunate Fates of English Kings fizzure June 8, 2010 Listverse Historically, the early...

Men who were born after the Black Death were taller than men who lived through the Industrial revolution, a study revealed. The height of men has fluctuated throughout history, according to scientists who analysed 4,700 skeletons over the last 2,000 years. They found that men were shorter in...

The question of how to make history programmes more entertaining without being accused of dumbing down has long been pondered by broadcasters. But Channel 5 thinks it has the answer with its docu-drama series fusing historical fact with sumptuous reconstructions of the key events – and...

Anthony Joshua produced the performance of his career to add the WBA world heavyweight title to his IBF crown with an enthralling knockout win over Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium. A British post-war record 90,000 fans at the national stadium were treated to a see-saw contest...

Brexit is embarrassingly successful so far. Since the vote, Britain’s stockmarkets have surged. Its politics is unifying for the coming election, according to polls. And now new figures are in on the all-important foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI measures real physical investments...

Few Anglo-Saxon leaders who went to war with the Vikings in the early years of the 11th century emerged with their reputations enhanced. King Edmund II, who ruled the English for seven tempestuous months in 1016, was one of those who did. Such was Edmund’s reputed martial prowess that...

For a century its secrets have lain undisturbed — along with large amounts of live ammunition and a surprisingly large stash of empty whisky bottles. But in recent days they have been uncovered, from old tins of tobacco and boot polish to names etched into walls by men who wondered if...

Farron’s enormous crime in the eyes of the establishment was to refuse to deny (for a while, at least) that he thought homosexual sex was a sin. Farron is a born-again evangelical Christian, so of course he thinks homosexual sex is a sin. My guess is that this view is shared by at least...

Never underestimate a woman’s steeliness – especially if she happens to be royal. A study has revealed that, throughout history, Europe’s queens have been significantly more bellicose and battle-hungry than its kings. Of the monarchs who ruled between 1480 and 1913, the queens were...

A set of rare photographs showing the impact of the Dambusters' "bouncing bomb" raids is to go under the hammer. The raids by 19 RAF Lancaster bombers destroyed two strategically significant German dams and damaged a third. Taken by the Nazi authorities before and after the raids - on 16 and...

President Donald Trump has promised to builf a “great, great wall” between the United States and Mexico, ostensibly to prevent illegal immigration. But this isn’t the first time a world leader constructed a wall between himself and those he deemed imminent threats. In 122 A.D., Roman...

Theresa May is now seen as a better leader than even Margaret Thatcher — posting the highest rating for a PM in nearly 40 years. A survey gave her 61 per cent backing when voters were asked who would be most capable as Prime Minister. Just 23 per cent picked Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn, who came...

Never mind Brexit, here comes Exit. England should UDI from the EU, in line with the wishes of the overwhelming 2016 Leave vote, and setabout becoming a dynamic, low-tax, low-regulation, outward-looking global trading nation — in control of our own borders and laws. No more truculent...

Scotland has shown the plasticity of national identities. A new version of Scottishness has been conjured up by the SNP in the past few years, framed by the modern independence project. Could Brexit do the same for England? Coffee House Does Brexit mean England can have Englishness...

With Britain preparing to rebuild trade links with its former empire post-Brexit, does it really need to apologise for its imperial past? Or could it take new pride in what it did to modernise and democratise the world? Britain's Empire was a matter for pride, not guilt - as we Indians...

A record number of competitors in the London Marathon were given a royal send-off as they started their gruelling 26.2 mile run. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were joined by Prince Harry to start the elite men's and mass races. The royal trio, who champion the race's official charity Head...

Britain went a full day without using coal to generate electricity for the first time since the Industrial Revolution, the National Grid says. The energy provider said Friday's lack of coal usage was a "watershed" moment. Britain's longest continuous energy period without coal until now was...

The gardens of Prince William and Kate Middleton are riddled with pathways carved to symoblically align with the solstices, researchers have discovered. The 300-year-old paths wind across Kensington Palace Garden's 265 acres of land. Physicists from Italy reexamined the complex networks of...

Just two years after the last general election Britain is to go to the polls in exactly seven weeks time today after Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday called a surprise snap general election. Theresa May sprung the massive surprise on the nation and her own ministers on Tuesday by...