Nuns’ diverse experiences of monastic solitude reflect modern urban loneliness. In 1812 Lord Byron expressed the contradictory nature of loneliness in the poem Childe Harold, juxtaposing the positive ...

THE sudden closure of a beloved pub and hotel has left loyal locals ‘gutted’. The manager of the Rivelin Hotel in Sheffield ...

FROM calm terrace views over the lake to manic Go Ape adventures, the Lakeside Lodges at Leeds Castle are ideal for all ages ...

Mohegan Sun show is scheduled for November; Broadway star Patti LuPone of Kent once sued Lloyd Webber for $1 million and bought a pool with the money.

From strange job titles that used to exist in the royal palaces to unique positions that still exist today, only the royals ...

Inspired by the American and French revolutions, the United Irishmen wanted a secular republic that separated church from state. They professed the Enlightenment principles of equality, liberty and ...

Ava Pickett’s award-winning début play, 1536, is a foul-mouthed, furious, frenetically funny ride through the lives of three ...

In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded for alleged adultery. In 1649, England was declared a republic by Parliament following the execution of King Charles I.

In 1935, Pope Pius XI canonized Sir Thomas More and Cardinal John Fisher as saints of the Catholic Church. English King Henry ...

English King Henry VIII ordered the two men executed in 1535 for refusing to accept him as head of the Church of England. In 1964, it was revealed that U.S. diplomats had found at least 40 secret ...

Much of the building was destroyed - but the remaining house and foundations are still standing - and you can still see it to ...

Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 2 a.m. The president recently joked that he wanted to be the next pope. Remember, he also joked about being a dictator on “Day 1.” That turned out not to be a joke.