The New York Times

Is This 19th-Century Factory the World’s First Skyscraper?

As the first building to be built from an iron frame, the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings in England is a forerunner of all iron- and steel-framed towers. Now, its custodians want people to know that. In ...
Yahoo

The skeleton keys to Britain’s history

Make no bones about it: a skull found in the wreck of the Mary Rose - CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images In the introduction to Crypt, Alice Roberts points out that the overwhelming majority of ...
The Beaumont Enterprise

Houston museum showcases British landscape watercolors from the 18th and 19th centuries

When one thinks of landscape watercolors, it is hard not picture pastoral scenes of England’s green and pleasant land, to quote William Blake. But in the history of art, British landscape painting is ...
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Britain began industrializing in the 17th century – over a 100 years earlier than history books claim

An example of a probate inventory from England in the late 17th century. This is the inventory of John Booth, a victualler (supplier of food and alcohol) from Macclesfield in the county of Cheshire, ...
Time

Galliano’s Return Revives the 1990s—and the 19th Century

In the Spring/Summer 2024 Maison Margiela artisanal show during Paris fashion week in January, British designer John Galliano stunned the fashion world with a collection that featured innovative ...
CNN

Britain’s imperialist monuments face a bitter reckoning amid Black Lives Matter protests

With a colonial history spanning centuries – and a mania for erecting statues in the 19th century – Britain’s towns and cities are dotted with monuments to figures like Colston. For some, the statues ...
Science Daily

Britain began industrializing in the 17th century -- over a 100 years earlier than history books claim

Millions of historical employment records show the British workforce turned sharply towards manufacturing jobs during the 1600s -- suggesting the birth of the industrial age has much deeper roots, say ...