As generations of schoolchildren were taught, Elizabeth I of England famously said 'I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of ...
Schwarzman has allegedly adopted a direct approach to building his collection, making private offers without seeking export ...
Growing mistletoe and using it to encourage kissing over Christmas began in England in the 18th century, according to reports. In the 300 years that have followed, the tradition has found its way ...
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents "Picturing Nature," featuring 70 British landscape watercolors and drawings from ...
Hospitalised children predate 19th-century specialist children’s hospitals. Before Lister and anaesthesia, surgery was generally of short duration. In the 18th century, paediatric surgery was ...