Some of the most familiar Christmas carols have melodies derived from folksong – which might have been lost altogether if not ...

Following an enormous, expensive restoration effort after the devastating 2019 fire, the Paris cathedral has reopened to the ...

As 100-year lifespans become more common, the time has come for a new approach to school, work, and retirement.

Miller, the preeminent American historian of Irish history, was recently interviewed by the World Socialist Web Site ...

In his new biography of Karl Marx, Bruno Leipold puts his subject in historical context. Marx, he tells Jacobin, was engaged ...

The 19th century was a period of rapid technological change, and huge shifts in scientific understanding. As medical knowledge increased, the prospect of surgery was no longer a likely death sentence, ...

Introduction to some of the elements of the Industrial Revolution, more on this subject to come! The economic developments of the 1800s saw the development of agrarian and handicraft economies in ...

Two towns at the centre of the Industrial Revolution mining boom proudly became known around the world. They even have their respective famous sons - Murdoch versus Trevithick. Despite being ...

Thick plumes of smoke were spotted bursting out of the roof of a historic 19th-century Soho building early Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm blaze at 451 Broome St ...

Trump taps Dr. Oz to head Medicare and Medicaid agency; New York prosecutors ask for sentencing delay in Trump hush money case; Ukraine uses U.S.-made long-range missiles in Russia attack; and ...

Dutch Health Minister Fleur Agema called the coronavirus pandemic a NATO military operation, noting that it was led directly by the North Atlantic Alliance and the Netherlands National Coordinator for ...

An analysis of newly released 19th-century census records offers more insight into the conflict’s costs. By Emily Baumgaertner Faded ink. Inconsistencies. Fires. The deadliest conflict in ...