Those iconic khaki uniforms are usually associated with childhood adventure, but scouting was actually forged in the heat of battle by a desperate British military officer.

Dublin's Monto was Europe's biggest red-light district from 1860 to 1925 with up to 1,600 sex workers at any one time, writes ...

Private capital worldwide made heavy use of the open economy protected by the British Empire, with goods ... But consider the gains. Between 1860 and 1930, the fourth-largest cotton textile ...

Belgian colleagues kindly explained the basics of how modern societies work; I adhered to a rule of never engaging Americans ...

On International Women’s Day, hear Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor discuss and read from their book, "The Armenian Woman, ...

For all that however, the slave trade had to be brought to an end because it was standing in the way of the development of something even more profitable, if not any less abhorrent than the slave ...

According to the photo's caption, pictured here are "A Rockwitz (312lbs), comedian Eddie Carvey (250lbs), David Burns (475lbs ...

A new Prague museum dedicated to the Czech Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha will offer 'art for everyone' when it opens this month, ultimately housing ...

The museum in the Baroque Savarin Palace in Prague’s Unesco-listed historic centre will display over 100 works, including paintings, lithographs and sketches, from Feb 24. It will also provide a ...

Trieste in north east Italy offers a long picturesque coastline, stunning canals, and is one of Europe's largest seafront squares - but it's often overlooked by tourists ...

Burns clubs sprung up in the 1860/80s which were politically ... ALTHOUGH he was adopted by British Empire-builders with their highly racialised view of the world, he was also idolised ...