where the figure of a Scottish dragoon accompanies a sign jutting out from above: 'Sandy's'. Your friend beckons you into a wood panelled room, the oak itself slathered with paintings, cartoons ...

Born in 1920 ... will recognise the trim figure of the artist herself, sketching under a portico or strolling with her portfolio under her arm." As a foreigner with a British passport, Shaw ...

When British ... figure in its wake. Millions of people saw it, including celebrities like Andy Warhol and Elizabeth Taylor. In addition to being an iconic piece of Ancient Egyptian art ...

The 1920s were a decade of change, often remembered as the Jazz Age or Roaring 20s. WWI ended in 1918. Prohibition started in 1920, outlawing the making and sale of alcohol across the country.

Every town, village, and city across the UK, every street, every shop, every corner seems to have a ghost. Medieval monks, ...

(See Training Elephants, Plate 38 in the art section.) With the British annexation of Burma ... It was only in the 1920's, when agitation for independence led to a national awakening, that Burmese ...

NAKADOMARI, Aomori -- Four traditional Japanese paintings on sliding doors owned by an old family in this northern Japan town have been paired with pieces at the British Museum in London rendered ...

Washington Irving was born in New York City in 1783, just 18 months after his namesake George Washington led America to ...

The venerable British ... monstrous figure that haunted her years ago now intends to take away Violett. When nearly everyone ...

It had been part of the British ... and artist named Theodosia Okoh designed the flag for the new nation. All the colours and symbols represent something different about Ghana. Figure caption ...

The global economy is facing rifts comparable to the pressures that resulted in “economic nationalism” and a collapse in global trade in the 1920s and ultimately the Great Depression ...