The history of wallpaper is not simply a history of ornamental patterns and designs. It is also a fascinating record of technological ingenuity and changes in patterns of consumption and domestic ...

More than 40,000 people have been hit by a surprise strike that shut Hamburg Airport - and more than 500,000 could be disrupted today as the walkout spreads across Germany. The strike reportedly ...

The human settlement of Christmas Island had its origins in 1887, when a small party of British explorers made their way through dense jungle and collected rock specimens of almost pure phosphate of ...