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The question was posed by Andrew Gimson in an article entitled ‘Boris the Tory’ which was published in the issue of the New Statesman that coincided with the...

Very little has been said or written so far about the tercentenary of “the arrival of the German Georges on the British throne”, to which John Jungclaussen...

The insult was swiftly and defiantly embraced, and then brandished with pride, as insults sometimes are. The term Tory, an Irish word meaning bandit or thief...

In a letter published on September 19 in slightly edited form in The Times, Alistair Lexden drew attention to the grave harm done to the Ulster Unionist cause...

Ask Scotland "to say Yes to a new and positive relationship with the rest of the UK", says Lord Lexden.

On 1 August 1714 George, the Elector of Hanover, succeeded to the British throne. On 18 September he arrived in London. On 20 October he was crowned as King...

In his book, Who Goes Home? Sir Robert Rogers, outgoing clerk of the House engaged in combat with Mr Bercow, cites a 1313 statute banning armour from both...

The future Edward VII dominated Cowes week in the early 1890s through his prowess in sailing the first Britannia which later passed to his son (" Britannia to...

Colonel Fred Burnaby became a legend in his own Victorian lifetime which was cut short at the age of 42. He was killed in the Sudan by a spear through the...