As New Year's Eve invitations go, the one received by 20 men in December 1853 was unusual. Apart from the fact that ...

An important part of Victorian history, the dinosaur sculptures in Crystal Palace Park have been in situ since 1854. The large-scale installations were created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, a ...

The first discoveries : Early glimmerings ; William Buckland and Megalosaurus ; Gideon Mantel and Iguanodon ; The Maidstone iguanodon -- Dinosaurs come to life : Richard Owen and the Dinosauria ; The ...