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The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a London-based organisation...

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (German: [ˌklaːɡn̩fʊʁt ʔam ˈvœʁtɐzeː] ; lit. "Lament Ford on Lake Wörth"; Slovene: Celovec; Austro-Bavarian: Klognfuat; Carinthian...

Belarusians (Belarusian: беларусы, romanized: bielarusy) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus. More than 9 million people proclaim Belarusian...

Joachim Wilhelm Gauck (German: [joˈʔaxɪm ˈɡaʊk] ; born 24 January 1940) is a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2012 to 2017. A...

The Russian Orthodox Church is traditionally said to have been founded by Andrew the Apostle, who is thought to have visited Scythia and Greek colonies...

Nabil Bentaleb (Arabic: نبيل بن طالب; born 24 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born...

Relations between the UK and Zimbabwe have been complex since the latter's independence in 1980. The territory of modern Zimbabwe had been colonised by...

Dozmary Pool is a small lake, in the civil parish of Altarnun on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, UK. It is situated 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) from the sea and lies...

Hannah Mary Bardell (born 1 June 1983) is a Scottish politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston since 2015. A member of the...

Janey Godley (born Jane Godley Currie, 20 January 1961) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress and writer from Glasgow. Jane Godley Currie was born on...

The Don Pacifico affair was a diplomatic episode which occurred in 1850 and concerned the governments of Greece, the United Kingdom and Portugal, and is...

Ulf Håkan Hardenberger (born 27 October 1961 in Malmö) is a Swedish trumpeter, conductor, and professor at the Malmö Academy of Music. Hardenberg began...

This page lists all peers who held extant titles between the years 1750 and 1759. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland...

"A Sort of Homecoming" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the opening track on their 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire. A live version of the track...

On the same day as this arrest the examining magistrate Bertulus, disregarding the threats and entreaties directed at him, on his own initiative (as an...

In Greek and Roman legendary history, Orithyia, "woman raging in the mountains", was the daughter of Marpesia. Upon the death of her mother, Orithyia became...

A video depicting the decapitation of a Ukrainian prisoner of war was first published online on 11 April 2023, and then circulated through pro-Russian...

Luciano Jerry Axelsson (born 13 May 1993), known professionally as Lucianoz, is a Swedish singer. Lucianoz was born in Rinkeby, an immigrant-majority district...

William Haughey, Baron Haughey, OBE (born 2 July 1956) is a Scottish businessman, philanthropist and chair of City Facilities Management Holdings Ltd....

Victor Ivaniv (real name — Ви́ктор Ге́рманович Ивано́в; 11 April 1977, Novosibirsk — 25 February 2015, same location) was a Russian poet and writer with...