CHRISTMAS was once cancelled in England – and it wasn’t by the Grinch.  It sounds like a nightmare – no mince pies, no carols ...

There have been many dictators in history, and a few have been considered somewhat benevolent, others total despots. If you ...

As just one example, you could be strolling along the street to the shops, passing by the site where Oliver Cromwell's head ...

The macabre tale of Oliver Cromwell's head is a story "so strange that you couldn't possibly make it up". It is the subject of an exhibition at the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, which is ...

Were the monks on drugs? How The Book of Kells went fully psychedelic Spirited to Ireland to save it from the Vikings, this wild illumination of the New Testament, full of gilded curls and coils, is ...

The 100th anniversary of Hotel Cromwell in Stevenage High Street will be celebrated in 2025. The site once belonged to Oliver Cromwell’s secretary of state, John Thurloe, who was also Cromwell's ...

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Speaking to the Duke of Norfolk, Stephen Gardiner, Thomas Wriothesley and Richard Riche - with the former two in particular ...

Some religious and political ideologies opposed Christmas in European history, and festive traditions have proved divisive ...

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born in Huntingdon on 25th April 1599. He was the second son of Robert Cromwell (d.1617) and his wife ...