I travelled to the Church of All Saints in the quiet village of Harby, Nottinghamshire. Pushing open a clanking gate, I ...

Today in History for Nov. 26: In 1539, in England, the monastery at the Fountains Abbey was surrendered to the Crown. It was the richest of the Cistercian houses, prior to the time of the Dissolution ...

A set of paintings which were created when Henry VIII was on the throne will soon have a new home in Chichester. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to SussexWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while ...

Now the Homeland actor, 43, is being elevated to the monarchy and says Eton was the perfect place to learn how to play a king. Lewis, whose great-grandfather Lord Dawson of Penn was a physician to the ...

Left: Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Henry VIII (around 1540). Right: An engraving by George Vertue, depicting “Henry the VIII’s dagger’ (1749). Henry VIII: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Somerset is steeped in a rich history that intertwines with the old kings of England. From the renowned Monmouth Rebellion, which swept across the Westcountry and culminated in the Bloody Assizes, to ...

The Tudor Dynasty produced some of the most infamous monarchs in history, from Henry VIII to Bloody Mary to the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I—not to mention the lesser-known Tudors, like Henry VII, the ...

08:30, Thu, Oct 23, 2025 Updated: 08:33, Thu, Oct 23, 2025 A chilling discovery was made at a 15th-century Cotswold manor when workers stumbled upon a secret chamber housing the skeletons of a man ...

This live page has now closed - see our main story here King Charles has become the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the Pope - see the moment they met for the first time The ...

Archaeologists discovered a highly public Roman mound tomb in Bavaria, a rare find for the area. The somewhat flashy location of the tomb along a highly trafficked road showed the importance of the ...