Britain’s history is intertwined with empire and colonialism. The UK was forged as a nation-state alongside, and partly to ...

The rotting Old Republican Palace in Khartoum, first erected in the 1830s and rebuilt by the British in 1899 after the Battle ...

A massive cannon from the 17th or 18th century was uncovered during construction of a storm drain tank at Queen's Garden in Hull, England.

On Friday, Feb. 20, you can enjoy the classic silent film "The General" while two Quad Cities musicians fill the space with ...

Isotope analysis reveals that social status and wealth had a profound impact on diet in medieval England, showing that people from different social groups in medieval Cambridge ate markedly different ...

An expert in picking locks, Jack Sheppard rose to fame in the 18th century for his spectacular escapes from London’s notorious prisons—but harsh English laws against theft eventually sent him to the ...

Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, the Long Count, million-dollar gates, and how the 1920s transformed prizefighting into America's biggest sport.

Tudor Close in Rottingdean, East Sussex, England, purportedly inspired the mansion in the board game Clue, or Cluedo.

The romantic correspondence between married society heiress Dora Smith and wealthy RAF officer Noel Murray “Fred” Pearson ...

Prince Harry is quietly weighing a future that would split his family life between California and the U.K., reviving tensions. RadarOnline.com can reveal Prince Harry is quietly weighing a future that ...

Alwyn Turner specialises in “bottom-up history – or, to be more precise, middle-up history”, said Robbie Millen in The Times. In his series of books on 20th-century Britain, his focus has been not so ...

Writer Chris Chibnall, a longtime admirer of Christie, moves the story with a modern pulse. From its opening scenes, the series is less interested in nostalgia than in consequence, placing a setting ...