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Happy Birthday: The legacy of Queen Victoria and her 60-year reign

Queen Victoria ruled Britain for over 60 years, but just what effect did her reign have on her subjects?

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Elizabethan Longleat House, in Warminster, a bit of privacy and a lot of light

Elizabethan Longleat House, in Warminster, a bit of privacy and a lot of light

Walking through Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge also known as Dorchester

Walking through Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge also known as Dorchester

Royals

What you need to know about Princess Mary, The Princess Royal

What you need to know about Princess Mary, The Princess Royal

Queen Victoria's coffin and the sentimental items the monarch was buried with

Queen Victoria's coffin and the sentimental items the monarch was buried with

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Examining the quintessential British fête

Examining the quintessential British fête

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.

Culture
Documentary "The Queen Unseen" to air ahead of Platinum Jubilee

Documentary "The Queen Unseen" to air ahead of Platinum Jubilee

Footage used is primarily from the 1950s and serves to show the Queen as a mother, wife, and head of the household. 

History
Elizabethan Longleat House, in Warminster, a bit of privacy and a lot of light

Elizabethan Longleat House, in Warminster, a bit of privacy and a lot of light

It is unimaginable to picture Longleat House in any setting other than the one it so perfectly occupies.

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Walking through Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge also known as Dorchester

Walking through Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge also known as Dorchester

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.

Royals
What you need to know about Princess Mary, The Princess Royal

What you need to know about Princess Mary, The Princess Royal

She's the Queen's aunt and a character in the new Downton Abbey movie, but who was Princess Mary?

History
Somerset’s "thankful villages", untouched by World War I's loss

Somerset’s "thankful villages", untouched by World War I's loss

Where all who served returned home safely from the massacre of the Great War, these picturesque Sommerset villages remained unscathed.

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Did you know Kate Middleton will inherit this title when the Queen dies?

Did you know Kate Middleton will inherit this title when the Queen dies?

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

History
The life and times of "Emma" author Jane Austen

The life and times of "Emma" author Jane Austen

Jane Austen may have written her books over 250 years ago, but their themes remain as relevant today as ever before. But what do we know about her? What do we know about the life and times of Jane Austen? 

Royals
Was Lord Mountbatten in an open marriage?

Was Lord Mountbatten in an open marriage?

A new biography about Lord Mountbatten details how "devastated" he was with his wife Edwina's affairs.

Culture
John Andre: Westminster's unknown poet

John Andre: Westminster's unknown poet

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.

History
Visit living British history at open-air museums

Visit living British history at open-air museums

Immerse yourself in more than 2,000 years of British history at some of the finest open-air museums in the world.

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What to see and do in Canterbury

What to see and do in Canterbury

A roundup of what to do, where to go, and what you have to see in Canterbury

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