Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

Science isn’t a winner-take-all, zero-sum game of flag football. Whether during the cold war or the era of Sir Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis, the bedrock of science has been international ...

Number 63 Baggot Street, in the heart of the city’s Georgian core, was the childhood home of the painter Francis Bacon. Over four storeys, a basement and a “turnkey” mews at the back ...

A moment of history is unfolding in the Vatican City as an estimated 1.4 billion Catholics are preparing to bid farewell to Pope Francis during his final journey today. The surprising trend ...

Show more For centuries, Sir Francis Drake has been celebrated as a national hero - the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. But behind the Drake legend, was there a darker reality of ...

Sir Alastair Cook, another of Anderson's ex-colleagues, has been knighted, and now the Burnley-born fast bowler is set to join this prestigious circle, alongside other cricketing greats such as ...

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chair Richard Thompson said in a statement: "Congratulations Sir Jimmy Anderson. This is a really well-deserved honour for an England legend who has given so ...

Then we bring you insight from a reporter who interviewed Francis and was knighted by him. Plus, religious scholar David Gibson joins the show to discuss on the Francis's moral authority in a ...

Gareth Southgate was also knighted in the 2025 list after standing down as manager of the England football team. The likes of Sir Andy Murray, Sir Mo Farah and Sir Lewis Hamilton were all knighted ...

Leicester’s mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, told LeicestershireLive the news would affect many across the world. Pope Francis had recently resumed some official duties during his recovery from pneumonia.

Pope Francis received a visit from US vice president JD Vance shortly before his death (Vatican Media via AP) Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute to Pope Francis as “a Pope ...