It played an interesting role in the Second World War ...

The ornate building that had stood in the centre of town, where the famous author Jane Austen is supposed to have worshipped, ...

The Thiaroye camp near Dakar was a Senegalese army barracks housing African soldiers called “tirailleurs sénégalais” (Senegalese riflemen). It welcomed men returning from the European front of the ...

An overdue MoMA show reminds us that Lam pursued his own dialogue with African and Afro-diasporic visual cultures, even as ...

Longleat House is hosting a unique Christmas exhibition, running until January 4, 2026. The exhibition, named 'Capturing Christmas at Longleat,' showcases rare cine film footage of a Thynne family ...

Today in History for Dec. 9: ...

The Maggid of Mezritch's yahrzeit is also the day the Alter Rebbe was released from Czarist prison - and the day that, many ...

Scientists predict that 2025 is now 'virtually certain' to be the second-hottest year on record.

George Clooney's forgotten WWII film with Matt Damon is having a moment on streaming. Read on for more details.

Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle ...

On a damp still morning in September 1944, more than three months after D-Day and the “Impossible Mission” at Point du Hoc, ...