Britain has a long and often eccentric legal history, filled with laws that range from the oddly specific to the downright peculiar. While many of these strange statutes were repealed years ago, a ...

A ruthless military leader and company administrator, Robert Clive, also known as Clive of India played a pivotal role in securing the East India Company's power and laying the foundations for the ...

The 2017 film 'Victoria and Abdul' highlights the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria and her Indian Muslim servant, Abdul Karim. This unlikely friendship and his sudden elevation to Queen's ...

Penwith is where Britain ends. It is the final strip of land before the sea, stretching out a small finger into the ocean as though reaching forlornly for the sunset. Britain’s ancient inhabitants ...

One of the most controversial, eccentric individuals of the Second World War was Major-General Orde Wingate, leader of the Chindits during the Burma Campaign ...