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It is one of the most well documented conflicts in history, but do we really know everything about the First World War? Here, Seán Lang reveals 10 things you (probably) weren’t aware of... 10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the First World War It is one of the most well documented...

Sadiq Khan’s victory in the London mayoral contest raises a big, awkward question: where are all the Islamophobes? Where’s that seething mob of Muslim-haters that the liberal media have been warning us about for 20 years now? Where is that ‘dread and dislike of Muslims’ the Runnymede Trust...

Former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May's new show on Amazon's streaming video service will be called The Grand Tour. Unveiling the name, Clarkson said the new show would see them "hosting each episode in a different country". The trio, who will front three series...

Over the centuries England’s green and pleasant land has been the sight of some grim and bloody fighting. Factions battling over territory and the right to rule the nation have clashed the length and breadth of the country, leaving their mark on every region. So if you want to know the who...

Nowadays, the word 'thing' is given to any object not important enough to have a name, but the meaning of the word for the Vikings could not be more different. In the 8th century, a thing was an important meeting, essentially a kind of Norse parliament, where people would gather to...

The latest ridiculous scaremongering coming from Cameron and the Remain camp is that Britain leaving the EU would cause WWIII. ‘Can we be so sure that peace and stability on our continent are assured beyond any shadow of doubt? Is that a risk worth taking? I would never be so rash as to...

The Justice Secretary Michael Gove may have gone too far last month in proclaiming a European Spring, or a "democratic liberation" of the Continent, but he was surely right to discern the rumblings of revolt, for that is exactly what the latest Ipsos MORI poll reveals. The survey is...

East London club West Ham United will sell off seats from their Boleyn Ground home for £50 each along with a treasure trove of other items ahead of their Olympic Stadium move. The Hammers play their final game at the 35,000-capacity ground against Manchester United tonight. Goalposts...

Salisbury Plain may be best known for Stonehenge, but the chalk plateau has revealed other, more hidden secrets over the past month. In April an Anglo Saxon cemetery of around 150 graves holding beautiful grave goods was unearthed in Bulford, Wiltshire. And now, another cemetery has been...

Now that the Scottish Tories have more than doubled their seats in the Scottish Parliament, politics north of the border show signs of becoming less messianic and more normal The most important immediate effect is on next month’s nationwide EU referendum. One of the fears had been...

Whilst most of us have heard of Boudica (Boadicea), queen of the Iceni in 1st century Britain, Cartimandua (Cartismandua) is less well known. Cartimandua (Cartismandua) By Ellen Castelow, Contributing Writer Historic UK Whilst most of us have heard of Boudica (Boadicea), queen of the...

The Battle of Edgehill, the first battle of the English Civil War, took place on 23rd October 1642. However, the ghostly re-enactment of the battle has been witnessed many times since in the very Warwickshire field where the Parliamentarians and the Royalists fought each other... Phantom...

Whether unfashionably dipping in the sea or providing public drinking fountains, this peer was magnificently obsessed, says Hazel Davis Lord Rokeby: the original hipster with water on the brain True British eccentric: Lord Rokeby Credit: National Portrait Gallery 7 May 2016 Hazel Davis...

Andrew Gimson, author of Gimson’s Kings and Queens: Brief Lives of the Monarchs Since 1066, selects his top 11 monarchs in English – and then British – history since 1066 Top 11 monarchs in British history...

Situated off the western coast of mainland Cornwall and basking in the warmth of the Gulf Stream, the Isles of Scilly were - until 1986 - involved in the longest running war in history. The 335 Year War (as it is now known) was a bloodless conflict between the Netherlands and the tiny...

Up to 6 million Londoners are heading to the polls today in the London mayoral election, one of seven elections being held today around the UK. Many have accused the Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith of fearmongering - but the real fearmongerers aren't the Tories, it's the Women's Equality Party...

It already lays claim to being the heart of England, but is Leicester now the sporting capital of the United Kingdom? Leicester City's Premier League title win is the force behind their case, while Mark Selby's second World Snooker Championship triumph, Leicester Tigers' hunt for an 11th...

Gary Lineker should keep his promise and present Match of the Day in his underwear, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. The former England footballer joked back in December that he would present the show "in just my undies" if Leicester City won the Premier League. Leicester East MP Keith...

Captain Cook's famous ship has seemingly been discovered in the US 230 years since it was sold, sunk and forgotten. The Endeavour is one of the most famous ships in naval history and was used by Captain James Cook to discover the East Coast of Australia in 1770. The last sighting of the...

Thousands of people across Leicester celebrated wildly late into the night last night to celebrate what is probably the greatest sporting achievement in history - 5,000-1 odds Leicester City winning their first ever league title. Bars and pubs across Britain's tenth-largest city were packed as...