History

The Duke of Edinburgh was a car aficionado who bought the 1935 Standard Nine for 12 pounds when he was based in Colombo.

In 1897, British soldiers looted the sculptures, which now remain in Western museums and collections.

As a decolonisation movement sweeps across Europe, there are efforts to return art looted by British soldiers in 1897.

Muslims and Hindus once shared their sacred shrines. This changed post-Partition but some traditions have survived.

Proposal to demolish part of the 130-year-old Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library in Bihar draws widespread criticism.

From Britain to France to Portugal, India left its mark on the tastes and menus of its European colonisers.

Stephanie Autumn and Madonna Thunder Hawk met at the historic 1973 Native American occupation of a South Dakota town.

Turing was a mathematician and is considered the father of modern computing.

Britain’s soldiers seized thousands of metal castings and sculptures from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897.

So different from the women she grew up with, my grandmother rocked a hot pink housecoat while pursuing her career.

Desert cave find includes 1,900-year-old parchment fragments bearing biblical verse written in Greek.

A journey to archive single-screen cinemas that have been part of India’s entertainment landscape for over 100 years.

There has been little acknowledgement of Portugal’s role in the transatlantic slave trade – until now.

French authorities previously claimed that Ali Boumendjel committed suicide in detention, a lie that his widow refused.