In this, the 7th of our series of articles commemorating the 220th anniversary of the death of Lord Nelson, historian Lt Col Ray Aldis examines the Battle of the Nile, often described as the most ...

Nelson had gone from being a national hero to an international superstar and was awarded a baronetcy. Never forgetting his ...

A plaque erected to mark the opening of a new electronic library at the Attorney General’s Department was removed because the writing thereon was only in Sinhala and English, and Tamil had been left ...

In return for an admiral’s rank, Jones took command of a Russian sailing fleet composed of four battleships, eight frigates and assorted smaller craft that helped chase the Turks from the Black Sea.

The museum in central London, which attracts almost 6 million visitors a year, closed its temporary exhibitions and part of its permanent collection after the alleged attack.

The British officers at Algiers commissioned a centrepiece from the leading London silversmith Paul Storr, presenting it to their commander, Admiral Pellew.

London’s British Museum has just received the highest value object donation in British museum history. 1,700 new pieces have been added to the museum’s collection with an estimated value of £ ...

The British Museum, Tate Modern and Science Museum are among the UK cultural institutions being encouraged to charge foreign visitors to see their treasures.

The British Museum is opening a new £64m storage and research facility in Berkshire on 7 June, designed to house around 1.3 million objects and to serve both scholars and, starting in the autumn ...

The British Museum has been accused of withholding information about internal discussions relating to 11 contested Ethiopian tabots.