The Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon has a new exhibit revealing a fascinating and macabre story: what happened to Oliver ...

Oliver Cromwell, one of the most influential and divisive figures in British history, was born in Huntingdon and his decapitated head is buried under Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge.

Were the monks on drugs? How The Book of Kells went fully psychedelic Spirited to Ireland to save it from the Vikings, this wild illumination of the New Testament, full of gilded curls and coils, is ...

The letter was written to an unknown male friend in 1652, saying he is "left alone" without a single friend nearby to confide in A letter in which Oliver Cromwell talks about loneliness would be ...

A painting stored in an attic could be the first genuine portrait of Oliver Cromwell's mother, an historian said. The picture of Elizabeth Steward dates from the 17th Century and was bought in the ...

Led by gastro-veteran Martin Cohen in collaboration with the newly appointed CEO and artistic director of Cromwell Place, Helen Nisbet, theCafé features interiors by Wallpaper* long-term contributing ...

Preview the Jameel Prize exhibition, coming to London's V&A, with a focus on moving image and digital media The winner of the V&A and Art Jameel’s seventh international award for contemporary art and ...

Boris Johnson’s handling of the Covid lockdown put him on a par with Oliver Cromwell, James Cleverly has said. Mr Cleverly, who is running to be the next Tory leader, said that the former prime ...

Cromwell Day provides dedicated time and space for reflection and education about diversity, racism and inclusion. Originally established to celebrate the legacy of Otelia Cromwell, class of 1900, ...

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Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born in Huntingdon on 25th April 1599. He was the second son of Robert Cromwell (d.1617) and his wife ...

Following the defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil Wars, and later his trial and execution, Oliver Cromwell became ‘Lord Protector’ in 1653. Cromwell was a Puritan, a strict ...