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

This is the first part of a two-part interview with Sir Thomas Ingilby of Ripley Castle. In today’s article, he tells us when and why he and Lady Emma Ingilby decided to sell their ancestral home, how ...

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Spectacular” treasures awarded to an Orcadian naval officer for his actions during an 18th century siege have returned to Orkney after his family gifted them to the islands.

The United Kingdom’s new Trade Envoy to New Zealand has quit X (formerly Twitter) due to abuse, days after being appointed to ...

All of its crew perished, including Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon. A former combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force, he was decorated for his role in the airstrike against Saddam Hussein’s ...

Kate, 43, joined her husband Prince William, 42, who himself paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the Holocaust.

As Miss Austen, a new series focused on Cassandra Austen, debuts on the BBC, we delve into the history of the other Austen ...

Within less than a decade, Charles’s ‘reign of peace’ had imploded and the two amateur impresarios found themselves on opposing sides in the ensuing civil war – Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605–75) as a ...