The King of England and the president of France this week visited the British Museum to view the Bayeux Tapestry, which is on display in the UK for the first time since it was embroidered by a team of British needlewomen in Kent nearly 1,000 years ago. It tells the story of the Battle of Hastings i»»»

Samuel Pepys’s diary, which covers 1660 to 1669, is regarded as one of the great classic texts in the English language. Words spill out of Pepys – 1.25m of them – as he bustles around London, building a successful career as a naval administrator while navigating the double trauma of the plague and »»»

The 46 veterans were joined by a congregation of 1,500 for the open-air service of remembrance at the National Arboretum THEY are the last of the many who won 80 years of peace for the world. More than six million men and women served in Britain’s Armed Forces during World War Two — 3.5million of t»»»

Maro Itoje will captain the British and Irish Lions squad for the upcoming rugby tour of Australia. The 30-year-old lock is the first Englishman to captain the Lions since Martin Johnson in 2001 and will be heading on his third tour, after 2017 and 2021. Itoje is England captain but only since Janu»»»