The cost of benefits is out of control, but it will take guts and immense political skill to wean the UK off its addiction to ...

When Churchill finally took up residence at 10 Downing Street in London, World War II had already been raging for eight ...

Behind the pomp of today's 80th VE Day celebrations, the Prime Minister faces pressure on multiple fronts over his fragile ...

The declaration of victory over Hitler brought rare and unrestrained joy for Britons. But as Europe once more searches for ...

Actor Timothy Spall did his best impression of Winston Churchill reading the war time prime minister’s VE day speech. He said ...

Christopher Hill’s work on 17th-century England has been remarkably influential. In books like The World Turned Upside Down, ...

Four days of celebrations kick off at midday, with a military procession watched by the King and Queen, followed by a Red ...

A British soldier stumbles exhausted across a desolate landscape, his right arm in a sling, his forehead bandaged. In his ...

I also received feedback from some readers who indicated that they had already decided to return to Jamaica to retire, ...

Peter Dutton – who does strobe ‘scary’ – was stitched-up by Albanese from the get-go. The Labor leader seized upon Dutton’s ...

Documents held by the UK for nearly 78 years and seen by MEE include secret messages sent by the first prime ministers of ...

The first British soldier that the Soviets allowed into Hitler's lair, in July 1945, was Hugh Lunghi, who was in Berlin as an ...