United Kingdom
A Brief History of Scotland Yard
Investigating London's famous police force and some of its most infamous cases
September 28, 2007 |
By Jess Blumberg
Pride of the Realm
An extraordinary collection of pictures has traveled from the United Kingdom's national portrait gallery to ours
August 2007 |
By Diane Bolz
Digitizing the Hanging Court
Cutpurses! Blackguards! Fallen women! The Proceedings of the Old Bailey is an epic chronicle of crime and vice in early London. Now anyone with a computer can search all 52 million words
April 2007 |
By Guy Gugliotta
Incurably Romantic
For much of the 20th century, Britain's Pre-Raphaelite were dismissed as overly sentimental. A new exhibition shows why they're back in favor
February 01, 2007 |
By Doug Stewart
Evildoer
The Beowolf monster is a thousand years old, but his bad old tricks continue to resonate in the modern world
April 2006 |
By Matthew Gurewitsch
Ben Franklin Slept Here
The ingenious founding father's only surviving residence, in London, is reborn as a museum
March 2006 |
By Simon Worrall
Fatal Triangle
How a dark tale of love, madness and murder in 18th-century London became a story for the ages
May 2005 |
By John Brewer
Contemplating Churchill
On the 40th anniversary of the wartime leader's death, historians are reassessing the complex figure who carried Britain through its darkest hour
March 2005 |
By Edward Rothstein
James Boswell's Scotland
The author of the Life of Samuel Johnson spent much of his own life trying to escape the country of his birth
January 2005 |
By Tom Huntington
Lord Nelson: Hero and...Cad!
A cache of recently discovered letters darkens the British naval warrior's honor and enhances that of his long-suffering wife, Frances
February 2004 |
By Michael Ryan
Tony Blair Goes to War
In a new book, a British journalist documents the day-by-day march into conflict in Iraq
October 2003 |
By Peter Stothard
A Walk Across England
In the 1970s, British accountant Alfred Wainwright linked back roads, rights-of-way and ancient footpaths to blaze a beguiling trail across the sceptered isle
September 2003 |
By Michael Parfit
Reign On!
Four centuries after her death, Good Queen Bess still draws crowds. A regal rash of exhibitions and books examines her life anew.
June 2003 |
By Doug Stewart
Beyond Blenheim
Visit some of England's most interesting country manors, with their lovely gardens, and even a splendid medieval castle.
February 01, 2001 |
By Smithsonian magazine
