The Viking King Canute (1016-1035) was given hospitality here, and it was the royal purse that paid for proper brick-built cottages for his host family and the 30 or so other residents in gratitude.

Residents of Cromwell House Care Home, the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell, were taken back to the 1600s. A representative of the Cromwell Museum visited the home on Huntingdon High Street, which stands ...

Lord Cromwell, whose family name is Bewicke-Copley, admits a touch sadly that he is related to neither of England’s most ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

A community-owned pub in north Oxford now has a new manager. Rob Yeatman has taken over at the White Hart in Wolvercote, with Jude Campbell continuing as assistant manager. The hostelry is the Oxford ...

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 ...