Legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone was among the first white explorers in Kentucky in the late 1760s. With his knowledge of ...

Well, indigo – one of the oldest vegetable dyes known – that was widely used in ancient India, Egypt and Peru was also one of ...

In a mere two months, soldiers learned how to load and fire a musket quicker and more efficiently, and were introduced to the bayonet, allowing them to engage more successfully when in close combat ...

The antiquarian Samuel Lysons played an important role in recording the Roman villas of the Cotswolds. Clive Aslet looks at ...

Note - The term “Indian” when used to identify Indigenous Peoples may be offensive. The term in this article has been used ...

Although Canadian Thanksgiving shares some similarities with its American counterpart, its origins, historical development, ...

The old-shape Land Rover Defender may be a thing of the past, but the INEOS Grenadier is carrying the torch for this ...

Fighting continued until 1781 when the British were defeated by Americans and French at Yorktown. In the Treaty of Paris in 1783 Britain agreed to recognise American independence. King George took ...

The King began "regular treatments" and will postpone public duties during it, the Palace added. Charles acceded to the British throne after his mother Queen Elizabeth's death on September 8 ...

King Charles III is mourning the loss of legendary British actress Maggie Smith, who died early Friday at 89. In a statement from the monarch and his wife Queen Camilla posted to X, the pair paid ...