British History
10 Victorian Inventions That Never Quite Took Off
Flops from a "knife and fork cleaner" to a "cholera belt" provide a curious look at life in 19th century England
Save the Voices of Tolkien, Joyce And Tennyson
The British Library is fighting time and budget constraints to save its vast collection of audio recordings
Soon, You'll Be Able to Spend the Night on the Grounds of Downton Abbey
Beginning February 13, interested parties can book a night (or two) in a lodge one mile from Highclere Castle, made famous by "Downton Abbey"
The Illustrious History of Misquoting Winston Churchill
Saying exactly what Churchill said isn’t easy—or cheap
London Mayor Boris Johnson on Winston Churchill's Cheekiest Quotes
London's mayor talks about his new Churchill biography, 50 years after the British Bulldog's death
Richard III’s DNA Analysis Reveals Cuckoldry in the Family
Researchers can trace the monarch’s maternal lineage to modern relatives, but not the male side
Scotland Is No Longer Home to the World’s Best Whiskys
When it comes to whisky, Japan, the US and even England now reign supreme
Great Britain Still Has Significant Debt From World War I
The U.K. is committing itself to paying off a small fraction of that debt next year by issuing new debt
You’ll Soon Be Able to Talk to London And Manchester’s Statues
Just scan a tag near the statues with your cell, and they'll call you with a quick first-person history lesson
This Skeleton Couple Has Been Holding Hands for 700 Years
The couple's remains are just one of the discoveries recently made in the "lost chapel" of St. Morrell
Richard III Suffered Severe Head Wounds in Battle
Analysis of the skeleton revels that he was likely not wearing a helmet when he died
Sir John Franklin’s Doomed Ship Just Turned Up in the Arctic After 170 Years
The two ships disappeared in 1846 during a British expedition trying to map the Northwest Passage
Newly Discovered Viking Fortress Could Have Been a Launch Point for Invading England
The ring-shaped complex could have been used as a military training ground
Case Solved on Jack the Ripper? Not So Fast
An author and a scientist claim to have proven the identity of the notorious 19th century killer, but others say the evidence is lacking
What the Scottish Independence Referendum Could Mean for Orkney
Sovereignty over Orkney, home to the First Stonehenge, has been debated for more than 5,000 years
Dry Grass Hints That Stonehenge Was Once a Whole Circle
Researchers find new evidence about the shape of Stonehenge
How British Soldiers’ Gear Has Changed Over the Last 1,000 Years
Photographer Thom Atkinson traces the evolution of wooden spears to sniper rifles
Your Guide to the Three Weeks of 1814 That We Today Call the War of 1812
From the burning of Washington to the siege of Baltimore, what happened in those late summer days?
These Diaries, of Poet Siegfried Sassoon, Capture the Chaos of WWI
Siegfried Sassoon's poems captured life in the trenches of WWI
In 1665, a British Warship Mysteriously Blew Up—And Soon We Might Know Why
349 years ago, the warship The London exploded in the Thames Estuary. Now archaeologists are trying to figure out why
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