Historians at London’s National Army Museum have determined the identity of a 19th-century Black soldier whose portrait was ...

There’s s Tate and a Tate Modern? A National Gallery and a National Portrait Gallery? Here’s how to make heads and tails of ...

The redesign of the Western Range of the British Museum, announced earlier this year, is the latest stage of a 272-year-long ...

VETERAN CAR RUN: The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run sees some 400 pre-1905 vehicles setting off from London to Brighton.

As calls were growing in the UK in the mid-20th century to bring back troops from the then British colonies in Cyprus, Kenya ...

When they are not fighting, they write poetry, letters home or words of praise to their supreme commander,” said one of the ...

London is considered one of the best cities in the world for free-to-enter museums, which is a joy for those pursuing knowledge, looking for creative inspiration or simply seeking a fun day out. The ...

A mosquito that was believed to have evolved in the London Underground is actually of ancient Mediterranean origin, genetic ...

As a village marks 100 years, residents tell us how it has kept a real sense of community, despite once being ravaged by ‘fighting gangs’ and drugs.

It was the most prosaic of equipment for the grandest of heists: a ladder, propped right under the noses of French guards. The thieves exited as they entered, through a window, fleeing with nearly all ...

The insect, which became known as the London Underground mosquito, is known by scientists as Culex pipiens form molestus. Evolutionary biologists have long believed that it evolved from the ...