Britain once had a king who acted like that. John was the worst we ever had. He tried to grab land but lost it, saw funds ...

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Only three weeks old, the new Trump presidential power in town knows the price of everything (except eggs) and the value of nothing, as Oscar Wilde observed of fools and cynics. Let's add "shameless." ...

Then again, the weight in question was an unusually hefty one, given it came in the form of Ripley Castle, a vast and ancient ...

Brewster joins a host of other famous figures in being awarded the plaque, such as Oliver Cromwell, Charles Darwin and Alan Turing. The 11-year-old was nominated for the honour by Cambridge ...

1607: Massive flooding in England destroys around 200 square miles of coastline and results in approximately 2,000 casualties ...

Newark was a very important location during the English Civil War in the 1640s, as King Charles I used it as a key Royalist ...

including Charles Darwin, Oliver Cromwell and Alan Turing. George was nominated for a plaque by Joanna Hudson, a Cambridge resident who rediscovered the little-known tale of his death. She said ...

But elsewhere, King Charles I fortunes are not faring very ... A letter between Elizabeth Aclund and Oliver Cromwell indicated that the leader of the Parliamentarians stayed there during the ...

One of the most famous of all royal jewels is a red gem that has belonged to princes and kings for over 600 years. It’s got a ...

We've picked out and ranked the most underrated small town in every English county that you really should visit.