did—these are five of the best books published about the second world war this century. Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-45. By Max Hastings. Knopf; 672 pages; $22. Pan Macmillan ...

The Bank of England has left itself the option to “skip” an interest rate cut later this year, economists have said, after ...

For decades, Alexander Dugin argued that Russia had a messianic mission, and that destroying an independent Ukraine was necessary to fulfilling it.

On the same day that the Access Hollywood tape landed, a month before Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton at the ballot box, the Nigerian American writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie drew a surprising ...

Noah has been uprooted from America to live in Britain with her mother ... But in A Quiet Place: Day One, the battle is over before it even begins, as humans can’t withstand an attack by ...

Highland author Barbara Henderson tells of tales long forgotten, and how the landscape of our region has now inspired her own Cairngorm ...

A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...

John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105.

John “Paddy” Hemingway, an Irishman who served in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the 1940 Battle of Britain, died ...

The last known Battle of Britain pilot, Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway who died this week (Brian Lawless/PA) The Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace has honoured the last ...

LONDON (AP) — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears ...