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On the face of it, Brits and Californians don’t have much in common: one prefers a spot of Earl Grey, the other misguidedly quaffs health-faddish Kombucha. Yet Californians and Englishmen may agree on one thing: self-government. Many golden state separatists see the successful Brexit campaign as...

The cup and ball game played by Jane Austen, used to while away the long hours between writing her novels, is to be sold by her family, who have given away the secrets to her famous success. The game, called a biblocatch, is to be sold at auction for the first time, after passing down five...

Veterans who transported vital supplies from Britain to Soviet ports have been presented with medals in recognition of their service during World War Two. The Arctic convoys carried food and military equipment across treacherous seas to support the Eastern Front between 1941 and 1945...

Government advisers believe there will be a split decision over the Supreme Court's Article 50 ruling, with judges voting 7 to 4 in favour of a Parliament veto on when Britain leaves the European Union, The Telegraph can disclose. The news is a boost for the Brexit side, as some had feared...

Richard Bradley visits Wayland’s Smithy, a Neolithic long barrow once believed to be the home of an Anglo-Saxon god... History Explorer: Neolithic treatment of the dead As part of our series in which experts nominate British locations to illustrate historical topics, Richard Bradley visits...

MPs have voted to back the government's plan to start formal talks on Brexit by the end of March next year. They also supported a Labour motion calling for Parliament to "properly scrutinise" the government in its proposals for leaving the EU. The votes followed a compromise between Labour...

Historians have unveiled a digitally-reconstructed image of the face of Robert the Bruce almost 700 years after his death. The image has been produced using casts from what is believed to be the skull of the famous Scottish king. It is the culmination of a two-year research project by...

Why did King George VI call Elizabeth his pride and Margaret his joy? The Crown: Why did King George VI call Elizabeth his pride and Margaret his joy? THE CROWN reveals King George VI’s adorable nicknames for his daughters Elizabeth and Margaret...

Archaeologists are piecing together the mysterious life and death of an Iron Age man whose jaw bone was discovered in Orkney. Using carbon dating, the researchers suggest that the remains belong to a man who died around AD120. With only two teeth remaining, the man seemed to have led an...

Another piece of Remoan scaremongering falls by the wayside... COFFEE HOUSE Sorry Remoaners. The British peso is on its way back Matthew Lynn 6 December 2016 The Spectator We were about to see parity with the dollar. It was fetching less than a euro at the airport. Spiralling costs were...

Forget the Dad’s Army myth. With powerful leaders, a well-armed Home Guard and some terrifying new weapons, Britain was well prepared to meet a Nazi invasion. Leo McKinstry takes up the story... Britain's fight for survival: Fortress Britain 1940...

THERESA MAY has declared that the Royal Navy will play a key role in forging Britain's future outside the EU. On her first visit to a naval warship since taking over in Downing Street, the Prime Minister said the maritime force was vital for protecting the UK's interests overseas and...

Of all the barbs fired at us Brexiteers, the one that’s irritated me most is ‘Little Englander’. The suggestion is that pro-EU people are broad-minded Europhiles while Brexiteers are petty nationalists who want to dismantle the Chunnel and while away our days drinking tea and slagging...

The UK will have to reach a Brexit deal by October 2018, according to the EU's chief negotiator for Brexit. Michel Barnier told reporters that "time will be short" for negotiations because the proposed deal needed to be ratified as part of the two year process set to be triggered in March...

Swooping across the sky, this red kite was captured playing a breathtaking game of catch in mid-air. The bird of prey picked up a tennis ball with its talons and lifted it into the air in a stunning display at Ivinghoe Beacon on the Chilterns, in Buckinghamshire. Moments later the kite dropped...

The Royal Navy will send its flagship aircraft carrier to the South China Sea after rival claims to the territory escalated. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest ever British warship, will sail through the contested zone in 2020. The 72,000 ton vessel, which has cost £3billion, will be armed...

The prime minister will be curled up on the sofa watching traditional British TV on Christmas Day. While being a fan of "Scandi dramas" like Borgen, Theresa May told the Radio Times she'd tune in to Doctor Who and "a nice Agatha Christie". Earlier in the day, she'll have a drink with friends...

Skeletons unearthed at a site said to have been visited by King Arthur are the oldest example of monks ever found in the UK, archaeologists have said. Carbon dating revealed the remains, discovered at medieval Beckery Chapel, near Glastonbury, were from the 5th or early 6th Century AD...

Prince Harry has visited the heartland of Guyana and explored its rainforest on day 14 of his Caribbean tour. The prince was welcomed to the village of Surama in the Iwokrama Forest with a feathered headdress, before he watched a cultural dance around a pole. He met rangers to learn about...

Italians are voting in a referendum which is being closely watched for further signs of anti-establishment sentiment in Europe. The vote, called by centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, is formally on plans to streamline parliament but is expected to be used by many as a chance to...