London Townhouse Where Margaret Thatcher Once Lived Selling for £3.65 Million
A London townhouse that was once home to Margaret Thatcher, the influential but polarizing former British prime minister, has ...
It Must Be October in Britain Because the Beans Taste Like Christmas
Decorations are already up, sparking debate over whether the Brits have gone too far; ‘a sign of national moral decline’ ...
Victorian ghost photographs amused viewers with spooky thrills
In the mid-19th century, photographs with ghostlike figures became collectible amusements thanks to the invention of the ...
KSL6h
Descendants honor historic Salt Lake Temple mason as foundation shifts for the future
The descendants of James A. Staples — the head on-site mason for the team that laid the original foundation for the Salt Lake ...
Spraying diamond dust to cool Earth: What a new study proposes, despite ‘geoengineering’ concerns
Such geo-engineering solutions have long been under study, but have never been tried. With insufficient progress in combating ...
Fact Check: Britain's Starmer misquoted in comments about London
A speech by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been misquoted online, with some people falsely saying he called London a ...
Artnet21h
Hew Locke on the Little Objects That Reveal a Big, Messy History at the British Museum
You make up your own mind what to think.” Hew Locke’s voice arrives like a whisper out of nowhere, emanating from speakers ...
What happens when graveyard spaces run out?
According to the General Cemetery Company (GCC), which runs Kensal Green Cemetery, burial space there will run out in about ...
Victorian Mystery Solved: How the World’s Largest Building Was Constructed in Just 190 Days
A study reveals that its rapid construction was due to the use of a standardized screw thread. New research has solved the ...
artplus5d
The Little that is Left
Upon Schadenberg’s death, his collections were placed in museums in Berlin, Dresden, Leyden, and Vienna. The figurine is kept ...
‘Melbourne was leaping out of its skin’: A new Age began in the year that shaped our city
Just 19 years after John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner sailed separately from Tasmania and set to years of squabbling about ...
Things to Do in Chicago Oct. 17-23: The Mix
The movie 'Some Like It Hot,' the novel 'Atonement' and the paintings of Jacob Lawrence come to the stage in this week's local entertainment highlights.