British Isles: A Natural History is an eight-part documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and presented by Alan Titchmarsh. Originally broadcast in the UK on BBC1 from September to ...

Pope Francis has awarded a U.K. church “co-cathedral status,” making it the first of its kind in the history of the British Isles. The Church of St. Mary of the Isle, located in Douglas on the Isle of ...

THERE is perhaps room for a new history of British surnames since Bardsley and Harrison published their works on the subject. Mr. Ewen has given his history a wider scope than Bardsley and has brought ...

A record-breaking heatwave in Britain and the Republic of Ireland is making history in more ways than one: dozens of underground archaeological sites have shown up in aerial photography, their ...

THE idea of supplying the “field-naturalists of the British Isles” with a handbook dealing with the life-history of the native snakes and their distribution is an exceller one. The existing treatises ...

Archaeologists have enlisted volunteers to dig up the remains of a Bronze Age roundhouse found beneath a park Science Kids and senior citizens alike rally to rescue beloved young seabirds that have ...

A companion to the BBC series of the same title, this fascinating volume is a unique view of the formation, evolution and current and future use of the land and sea that comprise the British Isles.