West Yorkshire, where the original “Wuthering Heights” was written, offers a window into the forces that are disrupting British politics.

Malcolm Purinton teaches history at Northeastern University in Boston, but he's also known as the Beer Historian. He pointed to one of the most famous Revolutionary events as an example of how central ...

You can say this about the First Earl of Sheffield and Lord Glenelg: they had a good run in New Brunswick for two long-dead, nearly unknown British officials.

What comes to your mind when you hear the term ‘samurai’? For most people, the imagination rolls out like men on the ...

Explore the unique history of Jewish communities in India, which have thrived for over 2000 years without facing antisemitism ...

The largest privately owned home in the US, Biltmore House was an "American chateau built on the scale of a European palace". It reveals much about the dreams of the US's one per cent.

The 4,000-km-long border, known as the ‘Great Hedge of India’, served to prevent smuggling of salt done to avoid the heavy tax imposed on it by Britishers ...

The song appears on an entire 16-track album of suffragist songs, aptly titled, Songs of the Suffragettes, which was recorded in 1958 and sung by folk singer Elizabeth Knight—not to be confused with ...

The British Museum removed references to “Palestine” from some ancient Middle East displays. The decision has drawn criticism ...

NPR's Lauren Frayer arrived in London after years in India, and she's been covering Britain with the legacy of empire in view ...

When solar storms erupt from the sun and reach Earth, their intensity is measured against a historical benchmark: the Carrington Event. Now, a portrait of 19th century British solar astronomer Richard ...

While Napoleon’s armies conquered Europe, a secret war was raging in the shadows—one fought not with cannons, but with bribes, forgeries, and the infiltration of the French justice system itself.