Bank of England wants you to decide what goes on the next banknotes - Noteworthy events in history could be depicted on notes ...

The Diamond Thistle Brooch once belonged to Queen Mary.

National Grid plc engages in the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas. It operates through UK Electricity Transmission, UK Electricity Distribution, New England, New York, National ...

Specially commissioned private rail cars have transported the royal family around the country for over 150 years, beginning ...

Brazil’s National Museum has offered a glimpse at its renovated building and collection. It comes two days before it reopens for visitors and seven years after a devastating fire destroyed ...

Jonathan Rowe has gone from walking out as a nine-year-old mascot alongside England and Brazil at Wembley to scoring the winner in the Under-21 Euros final.

Even the memorial to Queen Victoria, undoubtedly the most commemorated woman in British history, is relatively modest in ...

A memorial to honour Queen Elizabeth in London's St James's Park will feature a statue of Britain's longest-reigning monarch ...

Others see the unicorn as a symbol of purity, innocence and power in Celtic ... he replaced one of the unicorns with the national animal of England, the lion, as a display of unity between the two ...

White, purple, and yellow The women’s movement didn’t rely on visual symbols at first, notes historian Einav Rabinovitch-Fox. That changed in the early 20th century, when suffragists in ...

Beckham is no longer simply a footballer or fashion figure. He remains a rare cultural bridge: between class and celebrity, royalty and working-class roots, global fame and quiet national service.

National Flower – Lotus The lotus flower, an epitome of beauty, was adopted as the national flower of India in 1950. It flourishes in freshwater lakes in semi-tropical climates and is often seen as a ...