It was early in 1292, most likely during Lent. Two ships rounding the Brittany coast anchored at the small islet of Quéménès.

Only a handful of British citizens have ever been executed in the United States, though one is on death row in Texas at the ...

The story of Henry’s wives — albeit without Jewish content — will be retold Oct. 7-12 at the Benedum Center in “SIX,” recast ...

State visits to the Vatican by the British monarch are, like their secular equivalents, more formal occasions than private visits, emphasizing ecumenical as well as diplomatic relations.

The great Italian director Sergio Leone finally has a successor, and he’s Australian. Writer-director David Michôd, who was overpraised four years ago for “Animal Kingdom,” will probably be ...

A Frontier Airlines flight departed the island today after diverting to LF Wade International Airport with a sick passenger last night. According to a Skyport spokeswoman, Frontier Airlines flight ...

Though it feels like we’ve said goodbye to Lord and Lady Grantham (Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern, respectfully) and the the other characters who live and work at Downton Abbey four times now, ...

As the curtain comes down after 15 years of Downton mania with the release of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, there is a striking sense of end-of-an-era poignancy. The film, set in 1930, captures a ...

This month, Today’s Collectibles readers submitted a colorful print commemorating a Civil War veteran’s service, a late 19th-century etching in its original frame, a late Victorian washstand with the ...

IT was a very modern fairytale . . . a royal who quit her life of tiaras and titles to follow her true love – teaching children – at a primary school in Hull. For 13 years from the 1990s, the ...

Every day, many walk past the seemingly unremarkable traditional red post box on the corner of Bedford Street and Canning Street in Liverpool city centre's Georgian Quarter. However, it is actually ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...