By Jesse Green W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, the operetta kings of 19th-century Britain ... “The Pirates of Penzance”? And that they opened it in New York instead of London to avoid ...

Audiences can get a taste of opera in a more comedic flavor this month with the Idaho Falls Opera Theatre’s upcoming show, Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance.” “Pirates of ...

which provides people the chance to see county maps from as early as the 19th century, according to the Library of Virginia. In a social post from the Library of Virginia on Sunday, April 6 ...

“But I suspect a lot of them did not, particularly later in the mid and late 19th century.” And if you want some real financial nostalgia, check out the map of “Average Monthly Rent By ...

Some of the oldest landscape photographs of England have been acquired by Historic England, providing a glimpse into the country in the 19th century. More than 8,000 photos that depict English ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Allysia Finley, Jason Riley, and Kim Strassel. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/Terrence Antonio James/Zuma Press/Chris O'Meara/AP Will the ...

As an exhibition of Józef Chełmoński's work breaks records in Warsaw, we look at why the 19th century artist has reignited passions for art in Poland. Who is he? Józef Chełmoński ...

Among the best-preserved ancient villages in the South West is Carn Euny, near Penzance. The village ... unearthed by tin miners in the early 19th century, but it wasn't extensively excavated ...

In the second half of the 19th century, many vernacular maps and street directors were published. Cartography and geography were also introduced as subjects in Hindu School (then Hindu College) at ...

PATERSON — The Art Factory complex, a collection of once-vacant mid-19th century industrial buildings converted into artist studios and banquet halls, is scheduled for auction later this month b ...

For several months in 1898, a pair of male lions turned the Tsavo region of Kenya into their own human hunting grounds, killing many construction workers who were building the Kenya-Uganda railway.

This media landscape helped bring about the Civil War. The point is not that 21st century media is like the 19th century’s, but that the past was hardly full of the upstanding, rational, nonpartisan ...