History is a complex web of triumph, tragedy, and change, but it isn’t immune to the threads of misinformation and misconceptions. There are “facts” that are often passed down through generations and ...

Princess Diana remains one of the most captivating figures of the 20th century. Known for her compassion, style, and ...

The Wall Street Crash of 1929 wreaked havoc on the finances of Americans across every class spectrum. From the rich to the ...

In 1864, Fydor Dostoevsky wrote his seminal Notes from Underground, a novella exploring existentialism and alienation in a large city – in his case, St. Petersburg – the premise of which in many ways ...

Dunsterforce was the result. The mission was an exceptionally challenging one, but Britain’s military planners believed they ...

GenInnov Global Innovation Fund founder Nilesh Jasani counters today's doom and gloom environment when it comes to AI and the ...

In a cold library, a 12th-century scribe carefully works on a parchment. His task is to reproduce an older text, a document ...

Alleged occupants of Earth’s interior have since included mammoths, super-civilisations, and the aforementioned UFOs. Kept ...

Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.

Around 300 workers at the British Library are in the middle of a two-week strike over pay. The workers, organised by the PCS ...

Land in front of the East Greenbush Community Library that Town Supervisor Jack Conway is eyeing for a new police station on Tuesday. The supervisor is willing to pursue eminent domain if the library ...

The late Irish writer Oscar Wilde is set to have his reader’s card reissued by the British Library, 130 years after the original was revoked over his conviction for “gross indecency”. The British ...