Politics latest: 'A monumental figure' - King, PM among those paying tribute to former first minister Alex Salmond
Scotland's former first minister Alex Salmond, who led the SNP for a total of 20 years and pushed for the 2014 independence ...
Politics latest: Business secretary to face questions on Sky News after minister's comments almost overshadowed key summit
Jonathan Reynolds is speaking to Sky News on the eve of Number 10's investment summit that was almost derailed by a ...
Columbus Day isn't a Nevada state holiday. Here are the 12 holidays we celebrate instead
Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day, observed on the second Monday in October, is the only federal holiday that isn't a ...
The country with a strip of land that looks like someone's hand slipped when drawing a map
A country in Africa owns a bizarre strip of land that looks like a cartographer's hand slipped when they were drawing the map ...
King Charles' Poignant Moment Before Harry's U.K. Visit
Prince Harry visited Britain in February after the king was diagnosed with cancer but Charles made only around half an hour ...
Uncovering Kent’s historical secrets, from Roman forts to Dickens’ favourite churchyard
While witness to the Romans’ arrival, Kent also saw their departure. The legions evacuated through Rutupiae in AD 410, ...
The U.K. and ‘leaving lessons’ from the Indian Ocean
When Great Britain began to decolonise its Indian Ocean territories, there was no logic or reason why the islands should be ...
‘The Bright Sword’ Review: Lev Grossman’s Fresh New Arthurian Legend Is This Year’s Must-Read Novel
Lev Grossman weaves a fresh new take on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, while paying homage to everything from Thomas Malory to Monty Python in the process.
As many as 25 children, teachers feared killed in Thai school bus blaze
At least 25 people were feared dead in Thailand on Tuesday when a school bus carrying primary school children burst into ...
France’s fascinating, confusing, ‘Little Britain’ doesn’t feel French
Brittany is a bastion of Celtic culture in France that dates back more than 1500 years. It even has its own unique version of ...
The forgotten story of Britain’s perilous bid to fly around the world
In Akyab (today’s Sittwe) in Myanmar, Stuart-MacLaren decided they would wait for torrential rains to pass. He would have ...
The Anglo-Saxon War with Europe: who actually blew up Nord Stream
The war began as a war between England and France for the French throne, in fact, if we take into account all the allies of ...