In short, there is no credible evidence that 18th-century gambling dens employed dice swallowers to avoid police detection.

Perhaps the greatest unsolved mystery in British royal history is that of ... that transformed the western world during the 20th century. Meet those closest to Princess Diana and follow her ...

Technically speaking, however, sunlight continued to shine on at least one portion of British-occupied land for about another six months. The primary holdout? A section of the British Antarctic ...

Sophia Adams, the curator of first millennium collections at the British Museum, said the quality and range of the latest find will cast new light on 19th- and 20th-century collections at the museum.

As a food historian, I’ve tried my fair share of bizarre recipes. Here’s my list of the top 10 most revolting British foods.

She is a senior lecturer in 19th and 20th century British History at the University of Sheffield, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is working on a book, Love’s Labour, which is a ...

The exhibition looks at the ways artists working in Britain portrayed each other during the 20th and 21st centuries ... the importance of the gaze and history of art, you get a sense [of] a mutual ...

From this perspective, analysing the history of the British home is a window ... (Photo by Getty Images) A staple of British hallways during the mid-20th century this combined a seat and a small shelf ...

It was the first confirmed meeting since the pope’s return to the Vatican after five weeks in the hospital for life-threatening double pneumonia.

As the 19th century progressed ... never been known there.” In the 20th, another Canadian historian remarked that the War of 1812 is “an episode in history that makes everybody happy, because ...

P resident Donald Trump’s return to the White House has unleashed a flood of anxiety over the potential demise of what is ...

“It really is a company that became the country,” says Reynolds, the Hudson’s Bay executive, who is British and had to learn Canada’s history for her citizenship exam. “I don’t think there is anywhere ...