Yes. Indeed, the Thames froze at London at least 23 times between 1408 and 1814, though several of these events lasted only a few days. The freezing of the river in London, where ice is now rarely seen, was caused by three factors. First, the climate...
Cnut’s father, Swein Forkbeard, defeated Athelred, the famously Unready father of Edward the Confessor, to take the English throne, though he died soon after. Cnut in his turn took the crown from Edward’s half-brother, Edmund Ironside, becoming king of...
Big Ben is one of the most iconic—and misidentified—landmarks in the world. The name initially referred not to the distinctive 320-foot-high clock tower on the north side of the British Houses of Parliament, renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honor of Queen...
LONDON — Theresa May’s Article 50 bill — the legislation that will authorize her to take the U.K. out of the European Union — is nearing the end of its journey through parliament. For the past two days it has been residing with the House of Lords — domain...
For all the anticipation and fuss attached to Tuesday’s supreme court ruling, it is likely to change little in the government’s plans for enacting Brexit. Here are the main processes likely in the coming months: Article 50 legislation Responding in parliament...
In what annals has it ever been read that houses were left vacant, cities deserted, the country neglected, the fields too small for the dead and a fearful and universal solitude over the whole earth?… Oh happy people of the future, who have not known...
The government has lost its fast-tracked appeal to the supreme court, forcing ministers to introduce emergency legislation into parliament to authorise the UK’s departure from the EU. In a judgment that sets a far-reaching constitutional precedent and...
The Queen could lose a million pounds in lost farming subsidies every year after Brexit is initiated, estimate Buckingham Palace aides. When EU subsidies finish, Royal aides suggest the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk will lose £700,000 a year with...
In what annals has it ever been read that houses were left vacant, cities deserted, the country neglected, the fields too small for the dead and a fearful and universal solitude over the whole earth?… Oh happy people of the future, who have not known...
On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. In his theses,...
The vote to leave the EU felt personal for Amalie Rust O’Neill, a graphic design student born and brought up in Brighton but with family from Sweden, Poland and Ireland. “My family are the Polish builders. I am the person they are voting to keep out,”...
A new video by TED-Ed, the education initiative of the ideas-driven nonprofit, situates the story of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones in its proper historical frame. George RR Martin, the author of the bestselling fantasy novels that inspired the television...
Morris is the author of acclaimed books that include King John: Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta and The Norman Conquest. His new book, titled William I: England’s Conqueror, will be published in the Penguin Monarchs series on 25 August...
Né le 3 juin 1865, George V règne sur le Royaume-Uni et le Commonwealth du 6 mai 1910 jusqu'à sa mort en 1936 et contribua à rendre la monarchie populaire. Il est le dernier monarque britannique de la maison de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha, nom qu'il abandonne...
L'archéologue Mike Parker Pearson, l’un des plus grands spécialistes de Stonehenge, travaille sur les squelettes découverts lors des premières fouilles du site en 1919, réenterrés en 1935, et à nouveau exhumés par son équipe. Quelque 50 000 fragments...
En 1517, le moine Martin Luther affiche sur la porte de l'église de la Toussaint à Wittemberg ses "95 thèses". Le Réformateur accuse l'Église d'abuser de son pouvoir en promettant le purgatoire en échange du versement d'une somme d'argent. Cet épisode...
As the London Museum announces a mudlarking exhibition, mudlarker Lara Maiklem says combing the foreshore can transport you back in time. Earlier this week, Lara Maiklem climbed down to the foreshore of the River Thames at low tide to spend several hours...
Trumpets and cries of “God save the King” were heard as Charles III was proclaimed monarch during an elaborate ceremony at St. James's Palace. Charles became king immediately after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, but a historic meeting formally...
A 5th-century chalice covered in religious iconography has been discovered in Northumberland, to the astonishment of archaeologists, who describe it as Britain’s first known example of Christian graffiti on an object. With its complex mass of crosses...
Entretien | Le modèle hongkongais est-il en sursis ? Les manifestants qui se mobilisent depuis juin contre Pékin se battent pour la survie de leurs libertés au sein d'une Chine qui fait peu de cas de la démocratie. Entretien avec le sinologue Jean-Philippe...
In the summer of 1013, the Danish king Svein, accompanied by his son Cnut, launched an invasion of England – the first of the two successful conquests England would witness in the 11th century, but by far the less well known. Scandinavian armies had been...
As holiday snaps go, the colour prints taken by school teachers Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff, staying in the Woodbridge area in 1939, are somewhat unusual. Perhaps they did take pictures of each other enjoying the countryside and coast while they...
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor 17 January 2017 The Guardian Nicola Sturgeon has signalled that Theresa May’s decision to take the UK entirely out of the EU single market makes a second Scottish independence vote very likely. Accusing May of pursuing...
She will urge people to give up on "insults" and "division" and unite to build a "global Britain". Downing Street said reports she may signal pulling out of the single market and customs union were "speculation". It comes as the chancellor said the UK...
There’s no point, and perhaps no justice, in shooting the messenger. It’s easy enough for the remains of Remain to blame the Eurosceptic press for what’s happened and what may happen. But remember that Trump, Le Pen, Austria’s nearly president or – from...
