Used for many centuries for administrative and legal purposes, the Domesday Book is the starting point for most local historians researching the history of their area and there are several ...

Now, he has written a short history of British architecture, aimed at the "intelligent layman". As Jenkins takes us through the various styles (Palladianism, the gothic revival, etc.), it sometimes ...

George Orwell was the most influential British writer since 1945. Many of his neologisms – such as ‘Big Brother’, ‘Thought ...

After spending centuries on a British aristocrat's estate in North Yorkshire, the marble masterpiece will be unveiled in Chicago's Wrightwood 659 gallery later this week Eli Wizevich DNA extracted ...

Malorie has written more than 60 books for children and has won many ... again showed that Malorie is one of the most important British writers alive. (Recap) Malorie Blackman's parents came ...

LONDON — David Lodge, a witty and prolific British novelist and critic who gently satirized academia, religion and even his own loss of hearing in such highly praised narratives as the Booker ...