2 Russians, 2 Jews, and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar ...

What went wrong for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson? Less than two years ago, he won the greatest election victory of the 21st century, taking the Conservative Party from 8.8% in the European ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Who is Keir Starmer? The British prime minister remains something of a mystery. He has been a politician for less ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. To the Cambridge Union to debate the motion “Is regulation strangling radio”? I am against regulation, so clearly on ...

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A new display aims to lay to rest the stereotype of dour and black-clad 17th Century Roundheads, in contrast to their silk and lace-wearing Cavalier enemies. The exhibition is at the Cromwell Museum ...

When President Ronald Reagan was in surgery after being shot, Al Haig, his secretary of state, went on television and announced, “I’m in charge.” This occasioned some disbelief and merriment, and not ...

I tell you - we will cut off this King's head. Aye, with the crown on it! It is December 1648. Although victorious over the Cavaliers in the Civil Wars, the Roundheads are struggling to retain power.

This week, we have a two-part series on the catastrophic First English Civil War. We trace the twists and turns of this tumultuous period from the perspective of Bulstrode Whitelocke and Edward Hyde, ...

Men on both sides of the British Civil Wars wore lace, while the tawny orange colour worn by Oliver Cromwell indicated he was a Parliamentarian; Royalists wore red A new display aims to lay to rest ...

I tell you - we will cut off this King's head. Aye, with the crown on it! It is December 1648. Although victorious over the Cavaliers in the Civil Wars, the Roundheads are struggling to retain power.