When talking about the war understating Britons sometimes refer to the “little difficulty we are having with Germany,” the “current spot of bother” or the “Adolf agitation.” Even the fact that ...

My life divides, evenly enough, into three political eras. I was born in 1980, a year after Margaret Thatcher entered Downing Street with the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi on her lips: “Where there ...

As he stood on the sidewalk in front of the Great Gate at Trinity College, Cambridge, and waited for an arrival who was already 14 minutes overdue, Trinity Master Lord Butler was somewhat bemused by ...

Three millennia ago, a small, prosperous farming community briefly flourished in the freshwater marshes of eastern England. The inhabitants lived in a clutch of thatched roundhouses built on wooden ...

Here’s why some historians argue she was Britain’s first Black queen—and what we know for sure about her life with King George III. Scottish painter Allan Ramsay’s portrait of Queen Charlotte in her ...

For centuries, artistic genres were placed in a hierarchy, said Laura Freeman in The Times. Top came history painting – stagey renditions of biblical and classical scenes. Next came portraits, then ...

Britain's Got Talent is returning for its 18th season, but one of its most memorable contestants, Jonathan Antoine, has distanced himself from the show. Jonathan's journey to fame began on the show 12 ...

Good Morning Britain presenter Ranvir Singh issued a crucial warning to viewers. During Thursday’s (January 8) broadcast of ...

Met Office issues 'danger to life' amber alerts as Storm Goretti approaches Britain. Heavy snow, ice and dangerous winds ...

Benefits Britain has been recommissioned by Channel 5. A further 12 episodes of the documentary series, which launched on June 16, will be split into two separate runs. What to Read Next Benefits ...