5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (728+ words) The Bayeux Tapestry's arrival in England for the first time in 1,000 years has been welcomed by the King and prime minister, but its arrival has helped put a new spotlight on a lesser-known Victorian copy. Created in 1886 by a team…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (499+ words) A painting of a Humber passenger steamship involved in a sea drama during World War One is to be auctioned after being discovered during a house clearance in Grimsby. Auctioneers John Taylors said the painting depicted the SS Wrexham, a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (857+ words) A mysterious underground object could connect a seventh century Anglo Saxon prince who became a saint, a Tudor Lord Mayor of London and a Shropshire country manor. The tale has drawn comparisons to a Dan Brown novel or a historical…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (567+ words) Two Royal Navy veterans who served during World War Two have met for the first time to share memories of the invasion of Normandy in 1944. Ronald Hendrey, of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, was a gunner during D-Day, while Henry Rice, from…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (734+ words) "On arrival at the crash site, it was breathtaking, because there are bits of aircraft wreckage in 1,000 pieces just lying there," says historian Chris Bullock. He had trekked to a remote part of Norway where Group Captain Wilfred Surplice, 30, station…...