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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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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 ...