With few qualified people available, Jawaharlal Nehru took a bet on unusual diplomatic candidates in newly independent India ...

To understand Seattle’s past and present — what makes this city special and why — you have to understand the story of the downtown waterfront.

As CBC searches for B.C.'s best symbol, experts weigh in on how symbols endure over time and their complex histories.

The ayah’s journey Step back in time at Ballard Pier with Uma Lohray’s work of historical fiction, The One-Way Ships. The ...

During the war, the Thuilliers’ yard became a makeshift studio. Eventually, they painted a backdrop featuring classical ...

Period drama fans are in for a treat, as the original British TV obsession is available to watch on ITVX. This TV miniseries has been labelled as the "greatest" book to TV adaptation and fans say it ...

As the days get longer, readers bask in the warmth of exciting summer book releases. Whether readers are curling up at home ...

William Thompson deserves plaudits as one of many whose early service led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence ...

British nature writer Richard Mabey argues for “the generosity to reset the power balance between ourselves and the natural ...

William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in ...

Lepore offers a sweeping, poignant narrative of American history, centered on the founding ideals of the United States. She ...

Drawing on her own experience as an arts journalist, Charlotte Runcie comically skewers bad men, bad faith and (unforgivably) ...