The return of humans to the British Isles after the end of the last ice sheet, which covered much of the northern hemisphere, ...

British Isles: A Natural History is an eight-part documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and presented by Alan Titchmarsh. Originally broadcast in the UK on BBC1 from September to ...

Pope Francis has awarded a U.K. church “co-cathedral status,” making it the first of its kind in the history of the British Isles. The Church of St. Mary of the Isle, located in Douglas on the Isle of ...

IF Geology may be correctly described as a history of the earth, then a geologist is in the first place and essentially a historian. His function is to trace back the gradual growth of the world, ...

THE idea of supplying the “field-naturalists of the British Isles” with a handbook dealing with the life-history of the native snakes and their distribution is an exceller one. The existing treatises ...

The British Isles, tucked away in the northwest of Europe, has been inhabited by humans since Paleolithic times, but the people who lived there didn't develop a writing system until much later, and ...

Our capital is full of interesting sights and objects, finds Charlotte Mullins in the latest instalment of her list of fifty ...

In our new series, Charlotte Mullins explores the visual history of the British Isles in 50 treasures. Her second instalment ...

A companion to the BBC series of the same title, this fascinating volume is a unique view of the formation, evolution and current and future use of the land and sea that comprise the British Isles.