Now he has produced a biography of the original of Disraeli’s Sir Vavasour Firebrace in Sybil: Sir Richard Broun, Victorian champion of the baronets against the plebeians. Broun makes an ideal subject ...

Scotland is home to the Munros, the 282 peaks over 3000ft high. It's therefore the UK's best destination for mountains. This ...

Examining what it means to make money by selling the bereaved on an illusion, the film feels like something of a warning. By Alissa Wilkinson Mel Gibson directs an uneven action film with Mark ...

A “HIDDEN” door has been found at a historic mansion in Stirlingshire where Bonnie Prince Charlie once stayed following as a leak led ...

Philadelphia’s ‘jawn’ isn’t the only all-purpose term you can drop when you need one.

In 1919, Prime Minister David Lloyd George recognised his generosity with a title, Chubb becoming Sir Cecil Chubb, First Baronet of Stonehenge ... “Saxis Condita”, meaning “founded on ...

What does that mean? If you’re an evidence-based thinker, it means nothing. If you’re a believer in astrology, however, it means I was born at a time of the year when the sun’s influence on ...

A new book aiming to restore India's place in the ancient world is a treasure trove of insight and anecdote, writes Kapil ...

Lewis Hamilton has now had his first visit to the Ferrari factory – but how did Italy react to F1's most successful driver ...