Archival discoveries including a 19th-century autobiography transform our understanding of Shadrach Byfield, an English ...

History buffs are no doubt familiar with the story of Shadrack Byfield, a rank-and-file British redcoat who fought during the ...

Not far from “La Joconde”, as the French call the Mona Lisa, in the Louvre, there’s a painting by a British artist, John ...

LONDON — The British Library expanded its Chinese collection on Nov 21 by adding printed copies of 10 novels originally published online by Chinese authors, including Lord of the Mysteries, Soul Land ...

The British Museum is looking to hire a dedicated sleuth to help recover the Greek and Roman artifacts that were stolen from ...

The rumor came from Denmark's former Minister of Greenland Tom Høyem. A British journalist contradicted the claim.

Library use is dwindling with less than a third of the UK population using the service in the last year. But with community ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Librarians are the patron saints of hushed tones. But on a grey December morning in King’s ...

Over 300 workers at the British Library were on strike every day this week over pay and conditions. The strikers, who are members of the PCS union, closed all eleven public reading rooms. This round ...

Newspapers play a vital role in the Clark County Genealogical Society’s mission to help people with their family history research endeavors, according to the nonprofit organization’s president. “A lot ...

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members will walk out from December 8-12. The union said the dispute was over low pay as well as other issues including ...

LORD ROTHErMERE, owner of the Daily Mail and other titles, is already a viscount. Yet on November 22nd, with his announcement of a £500m ($660m) deal to add the troubled Telegraph newspaper to his ...