The effects of age brought it down — something the British failed to do 186 years ago. That giant flag, one of the Smithsonian's proudest treasures, is being cleaned and perked up in a large ...

John Kirtley was a leading figure in the Sunderland riot, a court heard A rioter who repeatedly attacked police while draped in an England flag during a night of disorder has been jailed for ...

Leading the life of a tattered royal on the dole of the British, the 15th Mughal emperor's life was thrown into chaos on May 11, 1857, as Indian sepoys, flying the flag of revolt, rushed into the ...