In February 1788, Britain’s elite gathered in Westminster Hall to watch the first major impeachment of an empire‑builder — Warren Hastings. Charged with corruption, cruelty and misuse of power in ...

The phrase that has come to define the Trump administration’s message on climate change was born in Durham, New Hampshire, on ...

A lot of the propaganda about the Civil War and the Confederacy was directly created to combat the Civil Rights Movement.

On October 19, 1781, the cause of liberty was immortalized on a riverside Virginia field when the Continental Army wrested victory from the arms of the ...

In London, an interior designer helps a director of Hollywood action films make his house a cheeky, ever-evolving statement ...

Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the ...

In the late 16th century, as European powers raced to establish colonies in the New World and Asia, one Muslim ruler had his ...

Renowned professor and political theorist Lea Ypi, celebrated for her acclaimed memoir “ Free,” returns with a captivating ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine, the West roared with moral outrage, imposed sanctions, and expelled Russia from cultural life.

Anthony Horowitz describes himself as a shy child who didn’t enjoy sports and preferred getting lost in a good book from his father’s library. “What [my father] would do was talk to me about his love ...