The London plane tree first appeared in Europe sometime in the 16th century, and can be grown in North America in USDA zones ...

Route length: 2.2km (1.4 miles). The optimal route makes use of the networks of passages around Fleet Street and Strand.

Jessica Light is keeping the 15th-century French art of passementerie alive, adding beads and bleach to braids of silk or ...

‘I didn’t know you could actually buy a castle,’ says Simon Hunt, sitting in the stone-walled kitchen nook of his ...

Visitors attending the third edition of Treasure House Fair can expect to see Hellenic jewels, storied heirlooms, Art Deco pieces and innovative contemporary designs ...

The Muffin Man nursery rhyme was first recorded around 1820 and tells the tale of Frederick Thomas Lynwood, who lived on London's Drury Lane in the late 16th century ...

Mysterious graffiti left by Tower of London inmate 500 years ago is solved for first time Lucia Botfield. Published December 2, 2024 9:24pm Updated December 3, 2024 9:40am Share ...

FANS of the UK’s most famous bard have reason to be excited in 2025, with a brand-new Shakespeare attraction to open in London. While Stratford-upon-Avon is the home to some of the playwright… ...

How This 16th Century Gunmaker Keeps Reinventing Itself. Pietro Gussalli Beretta makes himself comfortable at a luxury lodge set on a 120-acre shooting grounds on the outskirts of London.

My regular readers will know that I love history. I also love a well-researched novel about British royalty and the Tudor ...

‘I didn’t know you could actually buy a castle,’ says Simon Hunt, sitting in the stone-walled kitchen nook of his 16th-century Scottish pile with wife Stef Burgon. ‘I thought they were ...