Helena met her future politician husband when they were both children and is reportedly set to inherit her family's '£145 ...

At the oldest public art museum in the United States, miniatures, glassware and other intricately created works transport ...

It is likely that the techniques employed in Chinese cloisonné came from the Near East. The tradition of enriching metal ...

The billion-dollar family has worked in finance since the 18th century, escaping a German ghetto to build a global dynasty.

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An intriguing 18th-century portrait discovered at a Scottish Castle has ignited excitement among literary scholars, ...

The Scottish-born artist is showcasing her work in two UK installations examining the fragility and transience of life ...

The story was preposterous. An early 18th century settler traverses hostile native trails to settle in an embryonic community ...

From the 19th century onwards, acid-etching techniques started to be used by numerous stained-glass artists and studios ...

The great missionary recognized in his time what remains true in our day: ‘The harvest is great, the laborers few.’ ...

In the busy winter season, I skip Paris and go two hours south to Bordeaux, the wine capital of the world with great shops, ...

Seven years ago Wentworth Woodhouse was in a sorry state, now it turns over £3.5m a year—but how did this palace-sized ...