EMERGING from a carpet shop in Iran’s beautiful and ancient city of Esfahan, I was engulfed by a group of jostling young men.

From graveyard robberies to illegal metal detecting and shipwreck dives, many of Kent’s heritage assets are under attack - so ...

House prices across Britain have recorded an unusual dip in June - a month which is often known for increases each year for ...

From Olivier Award winners to massive Disney musicals, these are the must-see shows coming to London’s West End.

Both my parents are dead. I miss them terribly. But in one sense, I am glad they are not here to witness what has become of my beloved Ballymena town in County Antrim in recent days.

Though demands are increasing, the production of flax in Great Britain has fallen. In 1864 the total acreage in flax was 320,000, but in 1930 only a tenth of this, since when it has been even ...

A set of 10 stamps to mark the history and achievements of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, has been released by Royal Mail. They include four images of telescopes, one of a clock, and one of the ...

News about Great Britain, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Britain should ditch ‘distorting’ stamp duty, says Reagan’s economic tsar Economist behind Laffer curve claims UK would be better off if homeowners paid annual property taxes ...

London - A British man has been convicted of capturing and killing two of Britain's rarest butterflies, the endangered Large Blues, which have been a prized collector's item since the Victorian era.

Rachel Reeves has been urged to scrap the stamp duty on share trading to revive the flagging stock market.. Figures from HM Revenue and Customs show the tax raised £4.3billion in the 12 months to ...

A new scheme aimed at simplifying post-Brexit pet travel between Great Britain and Northern Ireland has come into effect. After Brexit, Northern Ireland remained part of the EU's animal health ...