Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

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they are equally informed by Orwell’s long-standing opposition to both British imperialism and European fascism,” writes Laura Beers, a Professor of History at the American University in Washington, ...

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The Assyrian collection suffers precisely from the fact that Saroyan is so busy creating his own character that he has little time left for the characters in his stories. Bright and shiny on the ...

The British Council may be forced to put its £200million art collection up for sale as a result of 'financial peril' which is threatening the institution. The council is facing £197million in ...

A pair of boots from this collection recently featured in Ellen Kuras' Lee, starring Kate Winslet. The mobile museum works with a community called Men's Sheds on mental health, but also operates ...

The British Council is considering selling off its £200 million art collection due to debts incurred during the COVID crisis. Over the last few years, mounting financial challenges have left the ...

The British Museum is launching a new exhibition that ... "A programme of walks, talks and collection tours will bring people closer to the places and artefacts that bring this part of our history ...

Does a used Porsche seem like a fair trade for a rare 1555 book about medicine by Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius? No? Well, then, maybe you’re not as committed to tomes dedicated to medical ...