How do weapons exert real and symbolic power, both now and in history? Joining Matthew Sweet are: The former soldier and politician Tobias Ellwood The sculptor Hew Locke, whose artworks exploring ...

How do weapons exert real and symbolic power, both now and in history? Joining Matthew Sweet for Radio 4's roundtable discussion programme about ideas are: The former soldier and politician Tobias ...

Sylvia Barbara Soberton's latest book challenges the perception of Anne Boleyn's sister as "promiscuous, intellectually ...

The princess shared a rare personal message on April 22 to mark Earth Day, signing off simply "C" to indicate the words were her own. Princess of Wales' Earth Day Message After Cancer Recovery The ...

Only one stone wall remains of the old mother and baby home in this town, but it cast a shadow over all of Ireland. A mass grave that could hold up to nearly 800 infants and young children — some in a ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales have shared a new family portrait as they mark 15 years of marriage. In the photo, William and Catherine are seen lying in the grass, smiling, with their children - ...

The Horn Shelter Man ranks as one of the oldest identifiable inhabitants in the lands that became America. He lived near a river now called Brazos and a place now called Waco more than 10,000 years ...

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First cousins of children believed to be buried at the site of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam are set to be included in an identification programme under changes agreed by Cabinet on Tuesday.

Back-to-back visits to Beijing by the American and Russian presidents are highlighting how China's Xi Jinping is the world leader to be reckoned with and courted. Ilya Remeslo was put in a psychiatric ...