A viral video of a woman popping the question has been panned as desperate and humiliating. Why does the subversion of this ...

Joanne Clague has not resided in Sheffield for years but “falling in love again” with her roots also gave her a career as a novelist.

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Sweeney says there was “no hesitancy at all” on her part when it came to portraying former professional female boxer Christy ...

Traditionally, women and gender-diverse people were less likely to be identified as Autistic because they didn’t fit the ...

While Margaret Brown may be best known for surviving the 1912 sinking of the ill-fated ­Titanic, the stone lions that sit ...

The Ladies of Llangollen got to live out their lives together for 50 years ...

Our writers pick their funniest things of the year, from Fringe shows to farting on the telly to seeing your pals rolling into the sea.

I did not know at that first meeting that Jane Eyre would be my friend for life. It was in the teen section of the public library that I saw Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel on a ...

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Beijing's British Christmas Market features pop-up stalls of well-known British brands, ranging from Fortnum and Mason to the ...