In the late 17th Century, when Madras was a fledgling colony of the British East India Company, Samuel Browne, an English physician, made an exceptional effort to document the region’s flora.

The 70-year mystery surrounding the theft of an original oil sketch by renowned Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck from a ...

That's because it was issued under the country's Investigatory Powers Act 2016, which expanded the surveillance powers of British intelligence agencies and law enforcement (earning its ...

In its heyday, it was the most produced whisky in all of Scotland. Now, many imbibers don't even recognize its name.

But the industry as we understand it today really has its origins in the second half of the 19th century. Whilst the scientific revolution of the 17th century had spread ideas of rationalism and ...

The British School, 17th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction.

Brits have been drinking tea for over 350 years, but the drink has been around a lot longer, and its origins are far from the British Isles ... Dynasty in the 8th Century, when it became China ...

The father of Sara Sharif should have been given a whole life order for his daughter's murder, the Court of Appeal has been told. Urfan Sharif, 43, and Sara's stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were ...

Two US judges have ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse by the Trump administration last month. In California, District Judge ...

The English baluster is one of the earliest classes of drinking glass. These were popular from the last years of the 17th century through to the first half of the 18th, and this early date makes them ...

It was not until the mid-17th century that the single sheets were joined together to form long rolls, a development that also encouraged the production of larger repeats and the introduction of ...