As March winds down into April later this week, the calendar turns to the annual day celebrated by pranksters and jokers ...

Background detail from this glorious exhibition by Patricia Cleveland-Peck At the National Gallery in London from 8th March until 22nd June 2025 it will be possible to see paintings and artefacts ...

MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed ...

I am anticipating a deluge of angry letters from people listing off important persons named Elimelech that I’ve ignored, but the truth remains that despite the continued use of that personal name si ...

When it comes to London galleries, sometimes you need to look beyond all of the amazing painting, sculpture and other art out there and lose yourself in a different way: through the camera.

From around 200 AD, the shape of London was defined by one single structure; it’s massive city wall. From Tower Hill in the East to Blackfriars Station in the West, the wall stretched for two miles ...

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But even here there can be mental agility needed - the clocks at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, are a frequent ... possible to travel back to the 1300s or forward to the 26th Century.

When Dale Hunter stepped behind the bench for the London Knights in 2001 he had virtually no coaching experience. But the best way to get experience for something you’ve never done is to sink ...