The formation of the United States of the Ionian Islands under British rule in Greece is a little known period of the country ...

Patricia Gregory has been supporting women’s football since its subdued beginnings in the 1960s, and said Scottish teams had ...

Pic:PA Dame Emily, who now chairs the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, told Sky News she was "surprised but delighted" by her appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

The Fairtrade Foundation has appointed international development specialist Eleanor Harrison OBE as its new CEO.

English actress Kate Elizabeth Winslet is best known for playing strong, complex female characters in independent films and historical dramas. Her iconic role in James Cameron's epic romance Titanic ...

When most Americans think about Canada, which is rarely, they think of snow, lakes, good hunting and how pleasant it is to ...

IN the course of my interview with decorated and accomplished para-athlete Richard Whitehead, he struck me as someone who knows no limits, somebody who refuses to be a victim of his circumstances. The ...

Actor Hiroyuki Sanada MBE was born in Japan on October 12, 1960. He was the protégé of actor Sonny Chiba and started his ...

Rather than being made to pay for its plundering, there’s something even more devastating and long-lasting that the British could do – educate itself properly about its colonial history, says Mihir Bo ...

Congratulations to two of our members, Penny Broomhead and Elspeth Robinson, who have both been honoured by the King with the ...

Safeena and Kasim, foster carers with Warwickshire County Council, were awarded the Order of the British Empire (BEM) in the ...

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