In a debate about arts funding on Monday, Cllr Adam Kellett, who represents the Ashburton ward, described Black History Month as “a left-wing vanity project.”

A four-year-old boy from Essex has unearthed a gold pendant believed to date from the 16th Century, using a metal detector.

Michael Gove is bringing in celebrities to revamp school history teaching. That's not what's needed, says James Vernon

A century ago, Leo Tolstoy – perhaps the greatest novelist of all time – died at a remote train station. He had embarked on a journey to find the simple life he believed in – partly due to early German influences…[more]