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) ...

Alicia Vikander picks the most underrated film from her career - Oscar winner says her chosen film has grown in popularity in ...

Easter is the most important festival of the Christian calendar, and so it is unsuprising that most of England’s ...

The King and Queen have expressed their "most heartfelt condolences and profound sympathy" following the death of Pope ...

Nowadays, children all over Ireland are delighted if they get more than one hollow chocolate Easter egg – but the first one ...

FOR the eighth time, the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas dismissed a complaint that challenged the assumption of office of Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia.

Pope Alexander II was the 156th pope, and he held the title from Sept. 30, 1061 until April 21, 1073, serving for 11 years, 203 days until his death.

When Alexander II found out that Emperor Henry IV planned to divorce his wife ... Visitors can tour the Tomb of Pope Alexander II, a sculpture in Vatican City at St. Peter’s Basilica, where ...

It’s been 250 years since that fateful night. Now, a different warning echoes – the specter of a new authoritarianism, writes Mike Dean.

God's Own Country has breathtaking natural features, such as waterfalls and wetlands, that the coach tours don't visit. These ...

The last years of his papacy had something of the atmosphere of the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII; once-thriving Latin Mass parishes are now the “bare ruin’d choirs ...

St Coman’s Church of Ireland on Henry Street, Roscommon Town, celebrates its 250th anniversary of the present building this ...