British History
New Portrait of Lord Nelson Found, Scars and All
One of many Nelson portraits by Leonardo Guzzardi, the painting has been restored to include his war wounds
This Film Version of 'Treasure Island' Gave Us Our Image of Pirates
Avast, you lubbers!
A Union Captain Nearly Dragged the British Into the Civil War In 1861
As if the country didn't have enough to worry about
When Enslaved People Commandeered a Ship and Hightailed it to Freedom in the Bahamas
It's been called the most successful slave rebellion in U.S. history
What Does Post-9/11 Art Mean? Imperial War Museum Explores the Question in 'Age of Terror'
Works by Ai Weiwei, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Coco Fusco respond to contemporary violence and conflict
The Creator of Sherlock Holmes Was, Like Many Victorians, Fascinated by Mormons
The first story featuring iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, 'A Study in Scarlet,' was published on this day in 1887—and set in Mormon Utah
A Short History of the Crosswalk
Pedestrian crosswalks and roads have a complicated relationship
How New Printing Technology Gave Witches Their Familiar Silhouette
Popular media helped give witches their image
You Can’t Walk Around London’s Cemeteries Without Seeing Someone Famous (and Dead)
A tour of the city’s dead can unearth some fascinating stories
The British Museum Was a Wonder of Its Time—But Also a Product of Slavery
A new book explores the little-known life and career of Hans Sloane, whose collections led to the founding of the British Museum
Eight Historical Archives That Will Spill New Secrets
Declassified records and journals to be released in coming decades will shed new light on pivotal 20th-century figures and events
Are Viking Squirrels to Blame for Infecting England with Leprosy?
It's possible, say researchers who found that medieval strains of the disease may have come to Great Britain in the rodents' fur and meat
This Gallery Is Dedicated to Coal Miners' Art
The Mining Art Gallery showcases works created by the thousands of miners who've lived and worked in the Great Northern Coalfield
Stone Age Britons Feasted While Building Stonehenge
A new exhibit shows that the builders gorged on animals from as far away as Scotland
The Battle of Fort McHenry through Francis Scott Key's Eyes
When the British army held Francis Scott Key captive aboard one of their warships during the Battle of Baltimore, his stay inspired enemy's patriotic song
Jane Squire and the Longitude Wars
The sixteenth-century debate over how to determine longitude had a lot of participants—and one woman
What to Know About Literature's Newest Nobel Winner British Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro
The author of <i>The Remains of the Day</i> and seven other books explores themes of memory, time and self-deception
This 17th-Century "Women's Petition Against Coffee" Probably Wasn't About Women, or Coffee
It probably wasn't written by angry, sex-deprived wives–although stranger things have happened
Three True Things About Sanitary Engineer Thomas Crapper
Thomas Crapper's actual innovation was entirely tangential to the flush toilet
In Vitro Fertilization Was Once As Controversial As Gene Editing is Today
The scientists who pioneered it were regarded as pariahs, even within their own universities
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