American naval ships use USS before the ship's name, but with British ships it's HMS. There's a reason, and a lot of history, ...

An unmatched expert in the language of New Netherland, Gehring is retiring after 50 years interpreting colonial Dutch to ...

The painting, which is not on display by the Tate, is believed to be a commentary on the English Civil War. It depicts scenes from Latin poem The Aeneid, and tells the legendary story of Aeneas ...

A four-year project to restore a 17th Century building in Guildford is now complete. The Grade I-listed Guildford House, on the High Street, was built in 1660 for John Childe, a lawyer who went on ...

The Royal Navy has deployed multiple ships and a helicopter to shadow three Russian ships through the English Channel as they return from the Mediterranean. Minehunter HMS Cattistock and a Wildcat ...

British warships have shadowed suspicious Russian “spy ships” using helicopters to closely monitor their movements as they travelled close to UK waters. Royal Navy minehunter HMS Cattistock ...

The first half of the 20th century was a turbulent and transformative period for American and British culture. Women and men began to define themselves in very different ways, and one of the tools ...

The world looks different from the North Pole. Most maps chart the planet from east to west. But look at the world from the top down, and you suddenly see America’s relative position anew.

THOMASVILLE- Kathy Mills, Anita Ward and April Legg of the John Lee of Nansemond Chapter, National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century, attended the 93rd Annual Georgia State Conference ...

However, over the course of the 17th century their status gradually shifted so that more and more became slaves. Race-based slavery soon became central to the economy of the British colonies in ...

OTTAWA — The campaign may have just begun, but Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre already looks to have found his favourite target: the Liberal-linked Century Initiative. Enjoy the latest ...