History

Ronald Brittain: The loudest voice in the military?

Ronald Brittain was known as 'The Voice'. How much do you know about the intimidating Sergeant Major?

Into the age of Celtic saints in Wales

One of the delights of travelling around Wales is encountering fascinating place names.

Was Edward I the most romantic royal ever?

Had you heard of this monarch's most romantic act honouring his dead wife? We ask was there more to it.

A history of the British cotton industry

Britain once produced half the world's cotton cloth without growing a single scrap of, so just how did British textiles come to clothe the world?

Did Mary Queen of Scots kill her husband Lord Darnley?

Was Mary Queen of Scots involved in the murder of her husband Lord Darnley?

Fife’s secret bunker - how Scotland planned for nuclear war

Aspiring travel writers are invariably advised to avoid the clichéd opening: “This well-kept secret” but, in this particular instance, it is 100 percent appropriate.

The day the British entered Berlin

Have you seen this footage of British troops marching into Berlin?

Mind the history at Kenilworth

Kenilworth is jam-packed with history!

Just follow the Ridgeway, Britain’s oldest highway

The chalk route has taken folk across southern England since the Bronze Age.

Margate, Kent - revived dreams of Dreamland

Making merry once more at the classic amusement park, Dreamland! Margate’s lost soul was reborn.

The philanthropic legacy of Britiain's almshouses and those you can visit today

Almshouses across Britain have sheltered elderly and poor parishioners giving them succor since the 10th century, a tradition that continues today.

The London gangster who shaped the Kray Twins

London gangster William 'Billy' Hill helped shape the criminal career of the notorious Kray twins.