This is the second part of a series in which we examine history from a different angle. The business card has been in its ...

There's just something special about a football shirt with a sash design. The origin of the trend? That depends on who you ...

In May 1763, an alliance of Delaware and other tribes laid siege to Fort Pitt in present-day Pittsburgh to drive British ...

A new biography by Willard Sterne Randall shows how 18th-century Boston’s most popular businessman put his mark on the ...

1981: Israel shocks the world by destroying the Osirak nuclear plant near the Iraqi capital Baghdad for fear it would be used to make atomic bombs. On the same day, Bjorn Borg wins his 11th and final ...

An historic landmark hotel in East Cork has been taken over by new management, who are planning transformational works later this year. Youghal’s Walter Raleigh Hotel, which dates back to the 18th ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate America’s semiquincentennial, George Washington’s Mount Vernon will host a full day of ...

American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their lives ...

Cambridge and Eighth streets close to cars Sunday as East Cambridge hosts Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain, a competition that ...

A ban on disposable vapes came into force across the U.K. on Sunday as the British government aims to stem their use by ...

New RTÉ TV series tells the story of the island over thousands of years in a way that both informs and challenges ...

Set in 18th-century Cornwall, the show follows a strapping young British Army veteran as he rebuilds his life after war. With ...