A Thousand Blows centres on Hezekiah Moscow (Malachi Kirby) and Alec Munroe (Francis Lovehall), best friends from Jamaica, who arrive in 1880s London and find themselves thrust into the bare-knuckle ...

AN AMAZING pub has suddenly closed its doors after 119 years as punters mourn the loss of such a “great” venue. The once ...

In 1775, 250 years ago, William Withering, a physician practising in Birmingham, learnt of a folk remedy for dropsy involving the use of digitalis from purple foxgloves. He started to use it in his ...

She is based in Birmingham, Alabama. The mechanization of long pastas like spaghetti and vermicelli began in the late 16th century, but up until the 19th century, short pasta shapes were cut and ...

These beautiful United Kingdom train rides, selected by a local, will bring you through mountains, valleys, and fairy-tale villages.

A number of eye-catching dream schemes had been earmarked for the city in years gone by. But these grand plans never got off ...

PREMIUM Birmingham University on a sunny day ... She earned her PhD from Cambridge with a thesis on the industrial novel of the 19th century. Her father is also an academic, as is her on-again ...

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President Trump tangled with its forecasters during his first term. As he slashes government spending, many wonder what that ...

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English Aristocrat Sir Philip Sidney wrote an essay titled “In Defense of Poesy.” In this text, he defends the value of ...