The Oscars have given out 96 awards for Best Picture in their long history. Here’s one thing you should know about each film, from ‘Wings’ to ‘Oppenheimer.’ ...

On October 26, 1914, the ship—a hundred-and-forty-foot ... When he wasn’t in uniform, he liked to wear a bright-colored belt or shirt. He kept ferrets as pets and he drove a Harley-Davidson ...

However, a fatal navigational miscalculation led the ship dangerously off course, placing her on a direct trajectory towards the treacherous Shaalds of Foula, a notorious reef off the Scottish coast.

We all know the stories of the horror of trench warfare in the First World War. Waves of soldiers clambering out of their trenches into a hail of gunfire and nests of barbed wire strewn across ...

In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.

In the early years of the 20th century, four painters left behind a drab grey Presbyterian Scotland for the exciting ...

But thousands of Black non-combatants who supported their white South African countrymen as labourers and carriers were also killed between 1914 and 1918. Individually named markers will ...

The Scottish government has said it will "under no circumstances" be banning cats after being urged to order a report to explore measures for protecting at-risk wildlife. The Scottish Animal ...

Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in Cape Town after going unrecognised for more than a century. The 1,772 ...

In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, fashion crazes or special requirements.

Celtic began their defence of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup with a 2-1 fourth-round win over a spirited Kilmarnock side at Parkhead. Killie keeper Robby McCrorie was injured with less than a ...