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A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire...

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark...

Embalming is the art and science of preserving human remains by treating them (with chemicals in modern times) to forestall decomposition. This is usually...

Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures)...

Lysistrata (/laɪˈsɪstrətə/ or /ˌlɪsəˈstrɑːtə/; Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη, Lysistrátē, lit. 'army disbander') is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes,...

RV Calypso is a former British Royal Navy minesweeper converted into a research vessel for the oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau, equipped with...

This is the list of countries by purely nominal gross domestic product (GDP) sector composition. Nominal GDP sector composition (billions of USD$) by percentage...

A fogou or fougou (pronounced "foo-goo") is an underground, dry-stone structure found on Iron Age or Romano-British-defended settlement sites in Cornwall...

Fatos Lubonja (born 1951) is an Albanian writer and dissident. Fatos is the son of Todi Lubonja [sq], who was a close associate of Communist leader of...

Helma Sanders-Brahms (20 November 1940 – 27 May 2014) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Helma Sanders was born on 20 November 1940...

Lisa Kinkead Gasteen AO (born 13 November 1957[citation needed]), is an Australian operatic soprano, known for her performances of the works of Wagner...

The Egyptian Feminist Union (Arabic: الاتحاد النسائي المصري) was the first nationwide feminist movement in Egypt. The Egyptian Feminist Union was founded...

Maria Janion (24 December 1926 – 23 August 2020) was a Polish scholar, literary theorist and critic, as well as a feminist. She was a professor at the...

Kushanshah (Bactrian: KΟÞANΟ ÞAΟ, Koshano Shao, Pahlavi: Kwšan MLK Kushan Malik) was the title of the rulers of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom, the parts...

Marie Goegg-Pouchoulin (1826–1899), was a pioneer in the women's rights movement and women's peace movement in Switzerland. She has been called the first...

Beulah Louise Henry (September 28, 1887 – February 01, 1973) was an American inventor whose extensive contributions to consumer products and manufacturing...

Children and Young Adult Literature portal Katherine Langrish is a British author of fantasy for children and young adults. She was brought up in Yorkshire...

Simon Bailey was the Keeper of the Archives at the University of Oxford in England until March 2020. Bailey received his degree from the University of...

Áed mac Flaithbertaig (died 747), called Áed Muinderg, was a chief of the Cenél Conaill of the northern Uí Néill in Ireland. He was the son of the high...

Kurt Julius Goldstein (3 November 1914 – 24 September 2007) was a German journalist and a former broadcast director. Goldstein was born to a Jewish merchant...