A new exhibition documents American photography's first 70 years, exploring the US during a period of immense social, ...

In short, there is no credible evidence that 18th-century gambling dens employed dice swallowers to avoid police detection. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, some newspapers repo ...

When an exotic foreign princess showed up in an English village, it marked the beginning of one of history's wildest hoaxes.

The article presents 19th-century photographic tableaux as early forms of social media – visual tools for connection, status, ...

As the UK celebrates the writer's 250th birthday, there's never been a better time to explore the dramatic bluffs and picture ...

Many of us know that Japan took its Buddhism, its urban design, its flower-viewing rites and several of its art forms from China, often by way of Korea. You feel that influence today everywhere from ...

‘In this generation, the religion that has defined the spiritual life, identity and culture ... meaning English – but he ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

Palu, who is now the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) chief executive, was presenting his paper about various international funding that Tonga could tap into. He used his own ...