RIBA Collections The drawings show that Seifert’s scheme was for a clutch of towers, between 15 and 20 storeys in height and similar in form and finish to the practice’s famous Nat West Tower ...

Britain has more than 3,000 stately homes, and many are open to us hoi polloi. Indeed, visiting a stately home has become a ...

The Book Tower is a British television series for children, produced by Yorkshire Television, that ran for 11 series from 3 January 1979 to 30 May 1989. Initially presented by Doctor Who star Tom ...

A new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists, writers and thinkers ...

The adulterous monarch married Anne - the second of six wives - after an affair with her while still with his first wife Catherine of Aragon, with whom he later parted company. Anne had been serving ...

Second, the production of books multiplied so ... provided either the standard library location symbol for the copy I read (C = Cambridge University Library; CSmH = Huntington Library; DLC = Library ...

Hardwick Hall is one of the glories of British architecture; the Victorian Terrace house carries deep cultural memories (and myths) of domestic life and aspiration; and the mid-century tower block ...

This story begins in a land across the sea … When I first learned about Katherine Rundell’s “Impossible Creatures” (after critic Ron Charles praised it in the Washington Post), the U.K. fantasy novel ...

A British law firm will spend $20 million to build out its brand new offices in Houston's Texas Tower. Clifford Chance ... lounge areas, a library, restaurants, coworking spaces and Amazon and ...

German air raids had killed or injured more than 1,400 residents of the city and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes ...

If you don’t get your tactics right and take too much kit, you could join the considerable ranks of British mountaineers lucky enough to have spent the night waiting for daylight to return on top of ...

I dream in double denim. So, ever since thrifting an indigo denim jacket last year, I’ve been on the hunt for some low-rise ...