1776: The American Declaration of Independence is approved by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia; the day is now ...

The first named person to appear in Amersham Museum’s Timeline is Queen Edith, the wife of Edward the Confessor, and the last Anglo Saxon Queen ...

When Captain Edward Smith went down with the Titanic on April 15, 1912, it seemed to confirm what many had already started to ...

Adopted Black Countryman John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson, who ran an ironworks in Bradley, near Bilston, invented the precision ...

‘The cloth, woven in 100 per cent Scottish wool by Lochcarron of Scotland in Selkirk, includes a central triple stripe motif ...

Sisters Lady Amelia and Lady Marina Windsor, both granddaughters of HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, were among the famous faces at Wimbledon, though they appeared to be seated outside the royal box ...

Henry Bessemer's seasickness-proof vessel shows how even great inventors sometimes become fixated on crackpot ideas.

Nobody does enemies-to-lovers quite like … Draco and Hermione? Why this popular fanfic pairing is inspiring some of the best ...

Ten Modern Mystics and Their Extraordinary Lives” is an impressive work of participatory journalism. Pintak, “an avid student of the perennial truths at the core of the world’s religions,” not only ...

There are various locations to visit to approach this including the popular harbour-side M Shed museum but I opt for a trip ...

Today in History for July 7: In 1438, the decrees of Basel were adopted by the Roman Catholic Church. They restricted the authority of the popes and imposed a degree of accountability on the cardinals ...

Just fifty yards from Rotherhithe Station is a narrow door through which you can descend into the 1825 shaft via a makeshift staircase. You find yourself inside a huge round cavern, smoke-blackened as ...