Engineers repaired brickwork and sprayed concrete along 1,282 metres of the 1851-built Ore tunnel near Hastings to keep the ...

Rail passengers have been thanked for their patience while Network Rail completed major projects on the Isle of Sheppey, ...

One of the earliest depictions of a fossil prompted a joke — or perhaps a misunderstanding — which coloured the view of ...

We’ve been asking the questions you want answered since 1854. In this collection, we reflect on the tradition of courageous journalism as we look to the future.See all 20 stories. Just 19 years ...

The unique ancient Greek board game that was discovered at the Knossos Palace on Crete shows that the ancients had a penchant for leisurely games ...

The quotes of the Duke of Wellington, combined with his skills, attitude, and historical achievements, will continue to ...

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Completed just in time for the start of the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace was a powerful symbol of Victorian Britain’s industrial might. Over 560 meters long and with a giant glass roof ...

All changed in 1852 when the Directors of the Railway company had the bright idea of buying and moving the Crystal Palace built by St Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition in 1851 from Hyde Park to ...