Baghdad falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed and tens of thousands are slaughtered. 1542: Catherine ...

Dunno about you, but I've just about given up watching the news. It's an unrelenting tidal wave of orange tinted madness.

While Margaret Thatcher's tenure as prime minister may not seem like the typical inspiration for an opera, for some, she embodies a diva-like quality. Historian Dominic Sandbrook, co-host of The Rest ...

Margaret Thatcher's time as prime minister might not seem like the most obvious inspiration for an opera, but for some she is ...

Broadcaster Kay Burley has thanked well-wishers for their “support and kind words” after she announced her retirement from Sky News. Burley revealed she was leaving the channel after 36 years at the ...

Broadcaster Kay Burley has reflected on her career at Sky News and said she benefitted from “women supporting other women”.

Raised in Wigan, Lancashire, Burley’s parents worked in a cardboard factory and she attended Whitley High School.

Camilla, the library’s patron, and guests, who also included lyricist Sir Tim Rice and former British Vogue editor-in-chief ...

The Army is refusing to name the female pilot killed aboard the military helicopter that collided with a passenger jet flying into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday.

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British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari was released by Hamas earlier in January. Credit: Family Handout British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari has told Sir Keir Starmer that she was held by Hamas in ...

The Great British Bake Off star Dame Prue Leith has ... it was known as Live Talk until 2001, and sees four female panellists interview guests and discuss the issues of the day.