Following the release of the US president-elect's official portrait, an expert reveals how scouring the pages of art history ...

A Qatari sheikh is fighting a widow and her sons for control of the Idol's Eye - thought to be the world's largest cut blue diamond.

Science and Splendor," a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, ...

The Great Fire of London broke out on September 2, 1666, in Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane. At the time, much of the city remained planned in a medieval style, still within the old Roman ...

Artists Miriam Nabarro and Simon Quinn call on Cooke Fawcett Architects to sensitively adapt a historic Hampshire site into a home with a standalone workshop and art studio. For artists Miriam ...

What was it like living in the 17th century? A family in late 17th-century England led a simple, not to mention laborious, life. A majority of the population lived in a one- or two-room house, which ...

This is the 52nd time that The King's Army commemorate the execution of Charles I. 30 January marks a grim date in the annals of London history. On this day in 1649, King Charles I was led from St ...

LOTTERY winner Adrian Bayford can turn his 17th century farmhouse into a luxury holiday rental. Adrian, who split a £148million EuroMillions jackpot with his now ex-wife in 2012, bought the ...