The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred from approximately the 14th to the mid-19th century, during ...

Joseph J. Thorndike examines how tariff policy in the 19th century slowed the introduction of the modern income tax.

In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to ...

Awakened Hands, Awakened Minds' by Louis Vuitton and its creative director, Francesca Amfitheatrof, is the second in a series of high jewelry collections.

But the industry as we understand it today really has its origins in the second half of the 19th century. Whilst the scientific revolution of the 17th century had spread ideas of rationalism and ...

Imagine what Miriam could achieve with access to useful digital financial services like biometric payments (accounts), QR ...

Austenian high jinks, internet boyfriends in crisp tailoring, a royal romp featuring the daughter of two cinematic icons—the ...

Towns and cities around the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution ...

The Battle of Navarino on October 20, 1827 sits between two eras. As the first steam-powered ships took to the seas, two ...

The past 20 years have seen remarkable shifts in technology, from smartphones to solar and the electrification of transport.

Viktor Antonov, the Bulgarian artist who served as art director on both Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, has died at the age of 52 ...

The Industrial Revolution transformed Valentine’s Day by mass-producing greeting cards, turning a personal tradition into a commercialized industry. It's a shift that not only changed the way emotions ...