On September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain uttered those famous words, "I believe it is peace for our time," after returning from a meeting with Adolf Hitler in Munich.
We know Winston Churchill as a hard-nosed, inspirational Prime Minister who led Britain through one of its toughest periods. How did that come to be?
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was "the greatest of England's engineers", a "man with the greatest originality of thought and power of execution, bold in his plans but right."
For four decades English civil servant Samuel Pepys reported on the epic events of London city. On May 31, 1669, the gadabout diarist recorded the last event in his famous diary.
Christopher Wren, the man responsible for the rebuilding of St. Paul’s Cathedral following the Great Fire of London, was born on October 20, 1632.
A look at the life and works of Charles Darwin, the English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.
England’s Great Train Robbery was a complex heist carried out by a gang of 15 men, but only one among them was the subject of a film—Ronald ‘Buster’ Edwards.
The River Derwent at Stamford Bridge is much quieter now than it was 1,000 years ago when King Harold’s Saxons met the Vikings here in a decisive battle.
Ever wondered how travelers would get rest while crossing countries on horseback? In this article we look at coaching inns, which provided a place to rest for travelers and horses alike
In one battle, William the Conqueror led the Normans in sweeping away Anglo-Saxon rule.
How accurate is the The Crown's depiction of the 1961 meeting of the Kennedys and Queen Elizabeth II?
We know Queen Victoria was devoted to Prince Albert, but did she really have an affair with a servant after his death? Historian Julia Baird certainly thinks so.