The renovation and restoration of three 19th-century summerhouses in Coventry has commenced. The Grade II listed summerhouse ...
Two of the most prominent members of 19th century high society managed to combine romance and scandal in a one-day trip to a Greenwich church.
Love will soon be in the air with Valentine’s Day, and as the old saying goes, the way to many of our hearts is through our ...
Some 70 art galleries from the UK and around the world are exhibiting at the 12th annual Art London, which opens in the special marquee ...
A violin handcrafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari, the famous Italian luthier, has been sold for $11.25 million by Boston’s ...
In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to ...
Instead of compelling Canada to become an American state, the 1890 McKinley Tariff drove Canada into British hands.
Oxford University’s Oriel College has announced plans to host an exhibition “contextualising” the controversial 19th-century ...
From luxury heritage routes to routine service passing through extraordinary scenery, here are 19 of our favorite rail ...
Valentine's cards and gifts have their roots in English traditions — but Americans have long embraced them for romantic partners and other loved ones.
The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...
Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.