In 1775, 250 years ago, William Withering, a physician practising in Birmingham, learnt of a folk remedy for dropsy involving the use of digitalis from purple foxgloves. He started to use it in his ...

With the second week of the Six Nations underway across the pond in Europe, it seems like a good time to take a look at the ...

The Old Cemetery, found on Southampton’s Common is more than just a collection of weathered stones, the historic burial ground serves as a living chronicle of the city's past, its stories etched into ...

Since 2020 our team has been investigating the links between the RA and its colonial past. Research into the Royal Academy of ...

It’s often deemed the first color, the strongest color, the color that stands for color itself. So why does it keep slipping ...

Our emblematic tree is in short supply and in danger of running out – is the idea of homegrown hardwood sunk forever?

Rebecca Hessel Cohen created a universe overflowing with pink ribbons and ruffles. It would be easy to dismiss, if so many ...

Don’t forget to say hello to the swans on your way to the most important country estate in the history of computing.

In the first English translation in half a century, Paul Reitter and Paul North distill the essence of the Marxist ...

The Irish nationalist was caught in the fault lines between empire and nation, colonised and coloniser, public face and ...

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...

Capt. G A Fernando gafplane@sltnet.lk Former President, Aircraft Owners and Operators Association, Sri Lanka The HS 125 was designed and built in 1962 as the de Havilland 125 (DH 125) and later by the ...