Edward IV

Since when did the English love to queue?

4 October 2025 9:00 am

Far from being an ancient trait, the ‘irksome novelty’ dates from 1939, according to Graham Robb – whose idiosyncratic history of Britain corrects many erroneous beliefs

Portrait of Richard III by an unknown artist

Richard III: a bad man — and even worse king

5 December 2015 9:00 am

When archaeologists unearthed the battered mortal remains of King Richard III beneath a council car park in Leicester in 2012,…