(IN BRIEF) Professor Daisy Hay, a biographer and expert in 18th and 19th-century British literature, has been elected to the Council of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL). Hay, a Fellow of the RSL ...

Wuxia films ruled Hong Kong cinema in the 1960s, and saw another burst of success during the 1990s. The 21st century has seen its fair share of effects-laden wuxia films, especially in mainland ...

But in the history of art, British landscape painting is a fairly recent movement. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is hosting “Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century ...

Spectacular” treasures awarded to an Orcadian naval officer for his actions during an 18th century siege have returned to ...

As generations of schoolchildren were taught, Elizabeth I of England famously said 'I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of ...

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Traditional 18th century drinking glasses are still described by specialists very much according to specific types first outlined in Hartshorne's seminal publication and developed by Leonard Bickerton ...

A sixth-century sword has been unearthed by archaeologists from a Lancashire university. The well-preserved weapon was recovered by University of Central Lancashire archaeologists from an Anglo ...