Art and Architecture, mainly

 The  Bubonic Plague of 1665-1666  had been known in Europe for cent­uries. In England, this was the worst out-break of plague since the B...

a Lutana Arts and Crafts house, c1922 Britain’s company towns were settled by giant companies for their workers. In 1887 for example, L...

Clunes was the site of Victoria's 1st gold strike in 1851 which led to a goldrush sweeping through central Victoria, resulting in a ma...

Frost on the Thames, Samuel Collings, 1788-9. Credit: Sharon Lathan Using the ice for leisure activities must have had a  happy history for...

Rijksmuseum  researchers recently analysed the Vision of Zacharias in the Temple 1633 and reported it's a R embrandt van Rijn , painted...