Britain & Ireland

Theresa May’s recent defence of Easter egg hunts as a Christian ritual has provoked many responses pointing at the complex origins of the festival: the name in English is thought to refer to a pagan

Going by the polarised social media reaction over the past few days, Martin McGuinness is as divisive in death as he was in life. But whatever you think of him and the politics he represented,

Melanie Phillips’ article in the The Times on Tuesday caused quite a stir among historians and the general public alike. Twitter responded with indignation: Check twitter just now - who's Melanie Phillips & why's everyone

If you had read my Wikipedia entry several years ago you would have found the following: "His long-awaited biography of Lord Haw-Haw is now long overdue." Thank you, to that anonymous scribe. Even some friends

In 1919 a series of special international football matches were held between the British home nations. They were not to honour or remember the dead but to celebrate victory in the Great War. For all

The Battle of Cable Street has become symbolic for resistance to racism, political extremism and standing up to intimidation. The events in East London on the 4th of October 1936 still resonate today, possibly even