Travel was a crucial inspiration for the art of Turner, born 250 years ago – and in turn his paintings inspired the ...

However, the vital importance of oil to the evolution of human civilisation had to wait until after the Second World War when ...

The colossal obelisk of Stoodley Pike towers above the Calder Valley between the towns of Hebden Bridge and Todmorden.

Time to take down my National Hug a Newsperson Day (April 4, it didn’t work), just like my flag for National Peanut Butter ...

One hundred years after he was born, we salute the fury and intensity of Rod Steiger’s presence on screen, from On the Waterfront to In the Heat of the Night.

A 1868 lithograph from the Library of Congress depicts Alton's riverfront, featuring City Hall and the Chicago & Alton ...

Sir Michael Morpurgo will reveal a story of canine courage at Goodwoof on Saturday, May 17 in a happy return to a place of ...

In 1471, during a series of civil wars for control of the English throne, known as the Wars of the Roses, King Edward IV of England seized London from Henry ...

Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of ...

China’s confidence ahead of what could be a dragged-out trade battle with the United States is also rooted in Xi’s reorientation and modernizing of the Chinese economy. “I think if you are ...

Four people from Brampton and another from Caledon have been charged after a string of butter thefts in the Waterloo region led to losses of more than $8,000 for grocery stores. Officers responded to ...