Appleby Castle in the Lake District is a 900-year-old Norman castle that has been listed for sale with Sotheby's ...

The extremely rare coin, a Charles I Civil War siege piece of Newark Castle, was estimated to sell for £1,000 to £2,000 when ...

In 2020, in the shadow of Winchester Cathedral, the Rev Canon Andy Trenier gave an address for the Holy Week on Judas and how ...

A rare original handwritten copy of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 has re-emerged in a 17th-century manuscript. The text, which is very different from the usual version, sheds more light on the political ...

Russia’s recent efforts to destabilise the Baltic states have increased enthusiasm for the EU in these places. With Euroscepticism growing in countries like France and Germany, @owenmatth wonders ...

Described as “one of the most historic sites in the whole county”, this old road between Padiham and Whalley was the location for an English Civil War battle in April, 1643, when a much smaller ...

reflects the tumultuous events of the English Civil War. Ashmole's collection mirrors the chaos of the early modern period, including Royalist poetry, banned Christmas carols, and some original ...

Archaeologists excavating the historic Sheffield Castle site have uncovered rare 17th-century wooden stakes, believed to be defenses from the English Civil War.

Newcastle United and Premier League clubs look set to stick with PSR rules for another season but Premier League chief executive Richard Masters insisted top-flight sides are not at war ...

The sonnet sits in the miscellany alongside "politically charged" works from the 1640s - the decade of the English Civil War, fought between Royalists and Parliamentarians. Ashmole was a strong ...

However, in the context of the English Civil War, the additional lines could also ... they read more politically when read in the collection of a Royalist, surrounded by Royalist poetry.

Friends in Youth: Choosing Sides in the English Civil War by Minoo Dinshaw views the conflict ... Fawley Court, was trashed by the royalists at the start of the war. His estate was later plundered by ...