It’s hooked, loosely, around her 2014 discovery of the ideas of the polymath and society doctor George Cheyne; ironically, given he was “the most obese man in 18th-century England”, he’s ...

The glass vessel — dirty, but intact — was sealed with a cork and filled with a mysterious liquid. But before the workers could pop the cork and try a taste, the bottle was whisked away to a ...

There were many suitable areas along the south coast of England and west Wales, including small coves and river estuaries. The main items smuggled in the 18th century were tea, wine, spirits and lace.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents "Picturing Nature," featuring 70 British landscape watercolors and drawings from ...

It is important to know about the context of 18th century England in order to better understand the book. Context can refer to what was going on in society at the time, certain life events that ...

Hundreds of maps dating back to the 18th century have been digitised for online use under a history project. Staffordshire County Council's Archives and Heritage Service was able to modernise the ...

The remains of a sailor believed to be from an 18th Century shipwreck are set to be buried in a Cornish town. Cornwall Council said the discovery was made on a cliff above Newtrain Bay in Trevone ...

The Gothic Revival was a conscious movement that began in England to revive medieval Gothic forms, from the second half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century. The 18th century examples ...

is billed as one of America’s last great 18th century hotels. Travelers relax on period furniture amid centuries-old antiques and ride in an 1897 “birdcage” elevator. “There is something ...