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 ...

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 ...

Oliver Cromwell’s conduct in Ireland between 1649 and 1650 appals even his admirers. The slaughter of civilians as well as soldiers within the walled towns of Drogheda and Wexford smacked more of the ...

Here we are again with the same old formula, the same old characters and the familiar complete and total absence of wit ...

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

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

Back in the 1930s the Christmas traditions observed across the north west in many ways similar to those beloved by us all today.

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

With the year winding down and the festive season now here, we take a look at the best sport books that have been released in ...

Fancy holidaying like a king or queen? Find your fairytale turret at these romantic hotels fit for royalty. Here are the best ...

Dinner table deployment of the name is more likely to evoke Thomas than Oliver ... attempting the same for Ireland and an apparent lack of interest in the affairs of Scotland. Another blind spot was ...

The three-year-old landed the Chesham Stakes last year to give Cromwell his second Royal Ascot winner and has won twice in Ireland this year, scoring in handicap company at Limerick in June before ...