Light shines brightly into the bare first-floor room of 113 Redchurch Street in Spitalfields, east London. "You'd have had ...

A Lincolnshire visitor attraction is to recreate an 18th Century "pleasure garden". Spalding's Ayscoughfee Hall and Gardens ...

In 1843, 474 evangelical ministers broke away from the Church of Scotland to form the Free Church of Scotland in what became ...

An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, ...

The earliest editions of this, the world’s oldest English language daily newspaper, are to be preserved on digital.

Jonny Beardmore has been travelling the world hand-delivering letters left in an ancient postbox in the Galapagos Islands — ...

Step into the past with these historical fiction books, filled with gripping stories, rich details, and unforgettable ...

Larger-than-life celebrity Daniel Lambert is well-known by most people who have a connection to Leicester. Weighing in at 52 stone 11lbs, Daniel was once known as the heaviest man in England.

The village is just 75 mins from London and offers a relaxed pace of life, but some locals claim there's a negative to living ...

The government is set to announce cuts to spending on welfare this week, after the prime minister called the current system ...

Who needs a plate if you have a pie? This versatile pastry has accommodated fruit, meat and fish throughout the centuries and ...