Diane Purkiss illuminates the English civil war through the human detail of her people’s history, says Kathryn Hughes The English Civil War: A People's History by Diane Purkiss 624pp, HarperCollins, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Who is Keir Starmer? The British prime minister remains something of a mystery. He has been a politician for ...

When President Ronald Reagan was in surgery after being shot, Al Haig, his secretary of state, went on television and announced, “I’m in charge.” This occasioned some disbelief and merriment, and not ...

How quickly the leap from entertainment to deadly seriousness can be made. Whatever you think of Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear, the BBC, or the supposed battle between petrolheads and our old friend ...

Professor Stephen Bann provides context for “The Choir, Canterbury Cathedral,” oil on canvas, artist unknown, 1712-1715 Credit: Allan Appel Photo Is fast art more nourishing than fast food? If so, how ...

Men on both sides of the British Civil Wars wore lace, while the tawny orange colour worn by Oliver Cromwell indicated he was a Parliamentarian; Royalists wore red A new display aims to lay to rest ...

Last September, I wrote apropos of Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour Party leader: “The drum beat towards civil war within Labour gets louder”. And so it has proved. For a party that once danced to ...

I tell you - we will cut off this King's head. Aye, with the crown on it! It is December 1648. Although victorious over the Cavaliers in the Civil Wars, the Roundheads are struggling to retain power.

I tell you - we will cut off this King's head. Aye, with the crown on it! It is December 1648. Although victorious over the Cavaliers in the Civil Wars, the Roundheads are struggling to retain power.