LONDON -- Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” has died, her children said Tuesday. She was 93 and had dementia. Scales’ sons, ...

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming ...

(The Conversation) — Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American frontier. (The Conversation) — Two hundred years ago, on ...

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Pure is a British audio manufacturer specializing in retro-style speakers, radios, and alarm clocks. Its “Classic” series features these devices with wooden veneers, so as to exude old-school charm.

Ignoring Hitler’s orders, SS commanders strike at British canal defenses near Dunkirk. Amid fierce resistance and brutal counterattacks, acts of bold courage carve the legend of the SS’s relentless ...

The Panama Canal Authority is offering shippers a more flexible system for booking passage through the waterway so that customers can better align transit with changing market conditions. Instead of ...

“Great Canal Journeys” on Prime Video is turning viewers into setcation travelers, as the long-running British series finds a new audience in the United States. Its mix of history, scenery and quiet ...