History

Legislation passed after 1996 Dunblane massacre changed UK gun law for ever

Police reportedly preparing for imminent clashes and disorder across the UK

Economists predict Scottish transition would fail to curb increasing interest rates and inequality

Policies rooted in imperialism policies influence today’s tax and trade systems and even the wine we drink

This year marks the 1,900th anniversary of the ancient wall

Top scientists point to connection for first time in new IPCC study

Russia accused of mass civilian killings in areas surrounding Kyiv

Russian president has repeatedly pointed to his country’s history to justify Ukraine invasion

New online library features 400,000 ‘bird’s eye views’ of the country dating back to 1919

Fears mounting that Ukraine invasion could trigger third global war

Scientists on the SA Agulhas II have found the famous wreck almost perfectly preserved

Raise a pint on 17 March to the annual Irish festival

From coffee to complaining, Lent offers a unique opportunity to give up our vices

Boris Johnson could become the first PM to be questioned by police since Tony Blair in 2006

Documentary alleges Arnold van den Bergh gave up diarist and her family to Nazis

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Secret celebrations were known to have continued despite 17th-century laws against festivities

A chicken today costs a fraction of its price 50 years ago

Ridley Scott’s movie tracks rise and assassination of fashion boss

Duchess of Cornwall marks Armistice Day at Westminster Abbey

Volunteers are distributing millions of poppies in the run up to Remembrance Day

Critics believe it has become too ‘woke’ and a rebel alliance has been formed

Paxman’s history of coal is told with ‘characteristic panache’

Channon’s diaries are a ‘great work of literature’ by a less than great human being

New legislation includes fines of up to €150,000 for ‘glorifying’ the dictator and Spanish Civil War

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed as Soviet spies in 1953, but was Ethel innocent?

Danish warrior Sweyn Forkbeard is England’s ‘forgotten king’

Spooks release puzzle as £50 note dedicated to the code breaker enters circulation

Madrid arrest brings focus on historic practice

Police investigating abandoned burnt-out car believed to be connected to £1m robbery

Two hundred years after the death of Napoleon Bonaparte, a bitter debate is still raging in France over his place in its history

150 years ago, a socialist-inspired uprising briefly transformed the French capital, before it was ruthlessly crushed

It is 300 years since Walpole took office and began a long and unbroken tradition

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