Washing Ireland's dirty laundry is not for the faint-hearted

For many post-war toddlers, Listen With Mother was a daily event not to be missed

A Lincolnshire farmer who has spent 17 years investigating rumours that dozens of factory-fresh Spitfires could be lying buried under Burmese soil expects to find the aeroplanes “perfectly preserved”.

The baby-boomer generation will produce "a new type of retiree" – healthier, more social but likely to stay in work well into their seventies, according a new survey.

The oldest surviving and longest-serving British prisoner of war has died at the age of 98.

A frightening world of eruptive violence is recreated in this novel about the

Rare brain disorder left English-speaking Alun Morgan only able to communicate in Welsh

Former US president George H.W. Bush has been admitted to a hospital intensive care unit “following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever”, but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said.

Historical advisor to Bletchley Park says Canadian historian's solution is 'just silly'

If authorities succeed in banning the neo-Nazi NPD, its successor is ready and waiting

Scores of Arctic Convoy veterans have missed out on getting a new medal because they “died waiting” for Prime Minister David Cameron to act, the leading campaigner for recognition said.

After decades of calm, Britain's septuagenarian power grid is about to be transformed from a short, ageing, fossil fuel-hungry caveman to a tall, young sylph on a low-carbon diet.

When, on 4 September 1955, Kenneth Kendall became the first newscaster to appear on a British television screen in the flesh, it was the culmination of years of debate at the BBC – at first over whether it was right to broadcast news on television at all, and then whether images of any kind might distort the message.

Twenty-three year-old Colleen Muldoon and her family have always been proud of her grandparents marriage, and since two special photos capturing their love were posted on Reddit, more than a million strangers have also been moved.