Toronto deputy mayor Doug Holyday got in trouble by saying downtown is no place to raise a family. Is he right? An eight-year-old boy was taken from his parents in Cleveland and put in foster care ...

In ‘1984,’ George Orwell envisaged a world in which books were a mass-produced commodity no different from ‘jam and bootlaces ...

The miners were central to two key moments of 20 th century British history. For nine days in May 1926 almost three million ...

She writes about politics, society, culture, travel, books and the arts. She has interviewed writers and artists ranging from Martin Amis to Eddie Izzard and Werner Herzog, and did the first interview ...

Some books entertain. Others inform. A rare few reach into the fabric of society and rearrange it entirely. The six works explored here belong to that last group. They sparked revolutions, redefined ...

While we may imagine a dystopian future of thought police, killer robots and nuclear fallout, the reality is much more boring. Instead of being brutally brainwashed and enslaved by fascist, ...

Classic cars from the 1920s and 1930s rolled into Harwich today to mark the centenary of one of Britain's most audacious April Fool's Day pranks — the tunnel that never was. The vehicles gathered ...

The UK economy unexpectedly failed to grow in January, suggesting activity was stalling even before conflict in the Middle East threatened to deliver a fresh blow to consumers and businesses. Gross ...

From John Bull’s ruddy cheeks to King Charles’s visage, symbols of Britain abound. But for a true glimpse of Britain’s soul, head to the “Compo Face” page on Reddit. On it, a stream of grumpy Britons ...

LONDON (AP) — Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords. On Tuesday night members of the ...

LONDON — Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords. On Tuesday night members of the upper ...

Schwarber smacked a go-ahead two-run homer in Team USA’s WBC matchup against Great Britain on Saturday night. | Rob Tringali/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images It took a while—probably too long—but Team ...