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More than 100 men stormed Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, with makeshift weapons, in protest at its closure as part of religious reforms.

Prof Aaron Koller hopes to broaden appeal of Hebrew and move away from it being seen as ‘a political thing’

Is loneliness a modern epidemic as we are so often told? Did people in the past suffer similar feelings of isolation?

‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light’ was up against ‘Blue Lights’, ‘Supacell’ and ‘Sherwood’ for Best Drama at Sunday night’s event

Alicia Vikander speaks with The Independent’s Jacob Stolworthy about new film Firebrand, a historical drama directed by Karim Aïnouz. Set during the tumultuous final years of Henry VIII’s (Jude Law) reign, the film focuses on Catherine Parr (Alicia Vikander), his sixth and final wife. In this interview Vikander discusses working…

‘I thought only kings like Henry VIII got gout’ joked Gibson

From majestic castles to Queen Victoria's beach house and a retired royal yacht.

Manuscripts drawn from the collections of the university library and Cambridge’s historic colleges will go on display.

Pop star made his life-changing decision at a Camel concert, before discovering the work of keyboard genius Wakeman via Yes

We all know what it’s like to be horrified by our own image. In the president’s case, he looks like a large baby in a suit