The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

The equal rulers returned England to Protestant rule and began a new era of royal leadership defined by parliamentary oversight ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 ...

On February 8, 1971, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (Nasdaq) opened. In 1960, the ...

The Queen Mother was pushed into an arranged marriage with the man she'd already turned down twice - but only after her true ...

Eventually in 1603 Elizabeth died and James was offered the throne. The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising to return to ...

1899: Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, grandson of Queen Victoria, dies aged 24 in mysterious circumstances. On the same day, the ...

The Old Edinburgh Club draws our attention to what happened in the capital in years and centuries gone by. Day Event 1st: In 1918, Dame Muriel Spark (author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) was born ...

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Work is under way to try and save an ancient sycamore tree in Glasgow after it was destroyed by Storm Eowyn. Half of the Darnley Sycamore was torn off as Scotland faced life-threatening ...

More than 2,000 Scottish households are still without power, days after Storm Éowyn hit Scotland, damaging property and infrastructure. Scottish Power Energy Networks, which supplies central and ...

Glasgow historians say they are "optimistic" that an ancient sycamore with links to Mary, Queen of Scots can be saved after it was badly damaged in Storm Éowyn. The Darnley Sycamore in the south of ...