As we snuggle down in our 21st century homes with their central heating and double glazing, let us spare a thought for those ...

Queen Elizabeth I set all the trends at court - including her sugar-rotted teeth. Famous for her love of sugar and all things ...

The growth of the BBC Television and ITV after the Second World War encouraged more folk to want TV sets. The Coronation of ...

Dating from the Georgian era, gentlemen's clubs were reserved exclusively for the aristocracy and the elite, to meet, drink, ...

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The solitary moors of Bodmin have an ethereal, timeless quality which makes it fitting that they host many fascinating ...

In March 1987, the ferry The Herald of Free Enterprise sank off Zeebrugge with the loss of 188 lives. This great tragedy occurred because the roll-on/roll-off ferry had sailed with its bow doors open, ...

Here you will find grouped together articles and features about traditional British food and drink, a vital part of British culture and what makes the Brits British!

Became king following the death of his brother Æthelbald. Like his brother and his father, Aethelbert (pictured above) was crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames. Shortly after his succession a Danish army ...

Never before, or since, has a king met such an untimely end like Charles I. He was proclaimed king in 1625 upon his father’s death and spent the entirety of his reign in conflict with his parliament.

This is the word that year by year, While in her place the School is set, Every one of her sons must hear, And none that hears it dare forget. Well, essentially it was written about young men in late ...

This morning my choice of clothes was a rather a haphazard affair. Having planned to spend the day writing, I knew I wasn’t in need of anything spectacular, but even so, the leggings, slippers and ...