One hundred years ago, as Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial was being constructed, a metal box containing 20th-century documents ...

Antiques Road Trip expert Catherine Southon was left stunned after a WW1 periscope made an "incredible" profit on the BBC show ...

An exhibition and plaque are on display to celebrate the unique history of a wooden hut that became a county's first library, ...

How assigning a name to something changes public perceptions of its character THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Words are ...

Montenegro, the smallest of these states, declared war against the Ottoman empire on 8 October. Its allies followed suit and won a decisive, and unexpected victory, against the Ottoman forces. By the ...

What the war released above all was a spirit of ephemerality’ Mark Polizzotti is Head of Publications at the Metropolitan ...

Author Philipp Cross will be launching his first book The Other Trenches at The Fusilier Museum in Bury this weekend.

When Michael Maddison was small, growing up in a small house in a Durham mining village, he’d peer over the tall wall of the vicar’s ...

Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood. By The New York Times Books Staff As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly ...

The best audiobook sites are worth considering if you're an avid reader but can't always have a book in hand everywhere you go. While it's hard to beat the feeling of a paperback in your hands ...

A diary handed down through three generations has helped find the wreck of a German U-boat sunk by a secret Royal Navy Q-ship in 1917. Henrietta Sandford, from Helston, shared diaries and letters, ...