Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire” confront the imperial roots of its botanical collections and challenge long-held ...

Dame Gillian Wagner who has died aged 98, was an expert in children’s history and the chairman, at various times, of the ...

By late 1814 the United States looked finished with Washington burned and British armies on American soil. But American victories at Plattsburgh and Fort McHenry shattered Britain’s momentum just as ...

The story of the railway and its birth on Merseyside show the contradictions at the heart of 19th-century Britain, writes ...

Lavishly illustrated postcard-sized paper labels pasted on mill-manufactured cloth reflected and even subverted ideas of ...

In an authoritarian society, it’s free thinkers who are targeted by those in power. A book, a social media post, a private ...

Shuja-ud-Daula, the powerful Nawab of Awadh, stood at the crossroads of India’s political collapse and British expansion. His ...

Booming podcast empire, lucrative Netflix deal and his own ITV game show set to consign 2025’s annus horribilis to history ...

Although the New Year’s Honours list was made public a few days ago, people are often confused by the various honours given and how they originated ...

Independence rulers to a party searching for purpose, the Indian National Congress’s history does not make a continuum ...

From the Ozempic story to books on power, money and the new world order — plus fiction by Julian Barnes, Amitav Ghosh and ...

LONDON (AP) — Britons ranging from Hollywood stars Idris Elba and Cynthia Erivo to a 102-year-old judo instructor have been ...