THE head of Sir Thomas More, the Catholic martyr and former Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, could soon be dug up, five centuries after it was boiled and placed on a pike. St Dunstan’s Church in ...

Sir Thomas More was beheaded at Tower Hill in 1535 after he refused to acknowledge the monarch as head of the church ...

Permission is being sought to exhume Thomas More’s head from a Kent vault, 500 years after it was put on a pike on London Bridge.

An English church wants to exhume and preserve the remains of a martyr whose head was lopped off and speared on a London ...

These coastal day-trip delights are easily reachable from London and offer beautiful beaches, fish and chips and lovely ...

Henry VIII’s close adviser was resolute in upholding secular and spiritual authorities over individual judgment. When it came ...

Two copies are now on display in the Treasures exhibition at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, until 22 November.

The Anglican Communion is exploring diluting the Archbishop of Canterbury's role as its central symbolic leader, in an ...

Interestingly, a century earlier, in 1534, the English King Henry VIII had declared himself the Supreme Head of the Church of England. That duality continues. Great Britain is still, like the Vatican ...

Lurking within Treasurer Jim Chalmers' proposed super tax changes is a clause experts say give him powers akin to King Henry ...

To have such a Mass celebrated in the mother church of England was ‘very impressive, very moving. We must pray a lot for the ...