Queen Victoria ruled Britain for over 60 years, but just what effect did her reign have on her subjects?
From sales of work in post-World War II to the modern archetypal feature of rural British village life here's everything you need to know about British fêtes.
Footage used is primarily from the 1950s and serves to show the Queen as a mother, wife, and head of the household.
It is unimaginable to picture Longleat House in any setting other than the one it so perfectly occupies.
The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy, is the single work that readers in the early 21st century can recognizably walk through virtually scene by scene, in Dorchester, Dorset.
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Where all who served returned home safely from the massacre of the Great War, these picturesque Sommerset villages remained unscathed.
As Prince William's wife, Kate Middleton's title as Duchess of Cambridge will automatically change when Queen Elizbabeth II either dies or steps down
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A new biography about Lord Mountbatten details how "devastated" he was with his wife Edwina's affairs.
Devoteés of great literature pass by John Andre's monument at Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner in puzzlement. Yet his death, more than two centuries ago, caused a sensation both in England and the United States.
Immerse yourself in more than 2,000 years of British history at some of the finest open-air museums in the world.
A roundup of what to do, where to go, and what you have to see in Canterbury
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Queen Victoria ruled Britain for over 60 years, but just what effec...
The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy, is the single work that...
She's the Queen's aunt and a character in the new Downton Abbey mov...
It is unimaginable to picture Longleat House in any setting other t...
From sales of work in post-World War II to the modern archetypal fe...