CHRISTMAS was once cancelled in England – and it wasn’t by the Grinch.  It sounds like a nightmare – no mince pies, no carols, not even a Christmas tree in sight – but for almost 20 years in ...

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 ...

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

But even in supposed victory, his gloating found few echoes; the so-called War on Christmas, rather than ending in climactic ...

Residents of the historic Cromwell House Care Home, birthplace of Oliver Cromwell, took a trip down memory lane right back to ...

Christmas 2024 combines ancient traditions and religious significance to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The festival ...

From the exotic to the everyday, the royals Christmas menus through the years might pose some surprises: with moulds of ...

The BBC series may be at an end but there was a lot that took place in the aftermath of Thomas Cromwell's death under Henry ...

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

It was Marshal who transformed Pembroke Castle into the stone stronghold that endures to this day. After Marshal, the castle ...

It was at Pembroke Castle on January 28, 1457 that Margaret gave birth to a son, whom she named Henry. A tower thought to ...