Between 600 AD and 1624, those escaping justice could seek sanctuary in English churches, giving them 40 days of breathing ...
During the 3rd and 4th centuries, barbarian tribes made increasing incursions against Roman held territory in Britain. Roman ...
Two earthquakes shook London in early 1750. Then a third was predicted. Cue thousands of Londoners fleeing the city in panic, ...
Audrey Hepburn’s name evokes the glamour and elegance of the golden age of cinema in the 1950s. Yet her childhood and ...
Have you ever wondered how to address a duchess? Do you know whether an earl ranks above or below a viscount, or whose children use the title ‘Honorable’? This article serves as an introduction to the ...
Who are the British? Do they really drink tea, eat roast beef and Yorkshire pudding and never leave home without an umbrella? Find out more about true Brits; past and present, myth and legend, fact ...
King Harold I, otherwise known as Harold Harefoot served as King of England for a short few years, filling in the gap left between his famous father, King Cnut and his younger brother destined to ...
King Aethelred the Unready was King of England during a turbulent time of consistent Viking threats to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom culminating in the reign of King Cnut. To make matters worse, his epithet ...
The reign of Edgar the Peaceful was a rare period of peace and stability in Anglo-Saxon England. Not long after his cornonation, King Edgar’s council at Chester ...
“The Uncle of Europe” otherwise known as King Edward VII lived much of his life as a playboy, part of the high society crowd, never able to live up to exacting standards of his mother, Queen Victoria.
The UK now celebrates National Curry Week every October. Although curry is an Indian dish modified for British tastes, it’s so popular that it contributes more than £5bn to the British economy. Hence ...
The year was 1888 and the location Bow in the East End of London, a place where some of the most poverty stricken in society lived and worked. The Match Girls’ Strike was industrial action taken up by ...
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