The legacies of Black women continue to be celebrated in named and traditional memorials, by generations of memorializers and ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

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 ...

“Cupid and Co.” was most likely the firm of Joseph Mansell, a lace-paper and stationary company that manufactured large numbers of valentines between the 1840s and 1860s – and also just happened to ...

What foods and drinks look like — the colors we see before the first morsels or sips hit our tastebuds — have mattered to ...

By the end of the 20th century, it seemed like cow’s milk was over, along with scrunchies and network television. Soy and nut ...

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy ... the production of goods in the late 18th century, the marrying of the two ...

Though much at odds with the rebellious spirit of the novels, Mrs Gaskell’s version of a passionless, dutiful daughter was nevertheless the prevailing view of Charlotte Brontë until the late ...

In a deeply emotional video that has gone viral on Instagram, a woman is seen defrosting and eating a curry cooked by her late husband. The dish, a Japanese curry, was the last meal he had ...

Mary's possessions were gone! Most painful of all was the loss of her family photos, including those of her late son, Tommy, who died at 12 years old. The precious photographs of him had been a ...

Waiting for them under the tree in our sunny Pasadena living room might be left-handed oven mitts or can openers, kitchen ...