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The London plane tree first appeared in Europe sometime in the 16th century, and can be grown in North America in USDA zones ...
A 16th-century ivory sundial,18th-century false teeth and some medieval ... The items, along with hundreds of others, feature in a new exhibition at the London Museum. Curator Kate Sumnall said: "One ...
What is collectively known as the West End comprises many venues across central London, but three of the most theater-packed ...
Jessica Light is keeping the 15th-century French art of passementerie alive, adding beads and bleach to braids of silk or ...
Its editor, Melanie Grant, described how difficult it was to choose just 300 designers, makers and other jewelry-related ...
Fourth of July weekend horse racing featured Grade I turf action at Saratoga, the Iowa and Indiana derbies, a heavyweight ...
A painting by the Bloomsbury group artist Duncan Grant of Charleston Farmhouse, the 16th century Sussex property that became ...
Chelsea has completed the signing of English winger Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund for a reported initial fee of 48.5 million pounds ($66 million). The 20-year-old Gittens signed a ...
A painting of Charleston Farmhouse by Duncan Grant is predicted to make thousands at an auction after it was discovered in a tiny Yorkshire bungalow.
Italy’s southern region of Puglia offers an idyllic escape to unwind and connect with the restorative rhythm of local ...
Distorted in service of Western power, the rules-based order is dead. Rescuing an international law we can believe in is now ...
My regular readers will know that I love history. I also love a well-researched novel about British royalty and the Tudor ...