British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of ...

English designers love to have some fun in their own homes, where they can dictate all of the terms without any interference ...

The kitchen is such an important space that it's no wonder the Brits tend to put so much time and focus into making it ...

Her multidisciplinary practice designed the commercially successful Roly Poly chair and Baker trousers, now seen as Toogood’s signatures Faye Toogood had worked at London-based design bible The World ...

Librarians are the patron saints of hushed tones. But on a grey December morning in King’s Cross, the striking staff of the British Library are making a racket. Outside the entrance to the red brick ...

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in three decades that also provides unique, innovative spaces to serve various facets of the community. A grand opening was to held Saturday, Dec. 6, for the 28,000-square-foot facility, which sits on ...

VANCOUVER - Flooding and rock slides have cut off British Columbia’s Lower Mainland from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province, with emergency officials ...

More than 300 Public and Commercial Services union members will walk out for the second time in recent months, following an 11-day strike in October and November VV Shots The British Library has ...

Staff at the British Library are to strike in a dispute over pay. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members will walk out from December 8-12. The union said the ...

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members will walk out from December 8-12. The union said the dispute was over low pay as well as other issues including ...

Earlier this month, Open Culture pointed to a big move from the British Library: the library is putting a million images into the public domain. An image by Eliza F. Manning from “The Coming of Father ...