British History
How Winston Churchill Endured the Blitz—and Taught the People of England to Do the Same
In a new book, best-selling author Erik Larson examines the determination of the ‘British Bulldog’ during England’s darkest hour
Mass Grave Shows the Black Death's 'Catastrophic' Impact in Rural England
At least 48 individuals were buried in a single grave in Lincolnshire, suggesting the community struggled to deal with an onslaught of plague victims
The Defiance of Florence Nightingale
Scholars are finding there’s much more to the “lady with the lamp” than her famous exploits as a nurse in the Crimean War
Charles Dickens Museum Acquires Trove of Author's Unpublished Letters
The London museum recently purchased more than 300 literary artifacts assembled by a private collector in the U.S.
This Glass Gaming Piece May Hail From First Viking Raids in England
Discovered on the island of Lindisfarne, the artifact was likely once part of a Hnefatafl board game set
The Best Board Games of the Ancient World
Thousands of years before Monopoly, people were playing games like Senet, Patolli and Chaturanga
A New App Guides Readers Through Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'
The tool includes a 45-minute audio performance of the work's General Prologue in Middle English
U.K. Developers Unearth 42 Bizarrely Buried Skeletons
The individuals, buried with their hands tied behind their backs, may be executed Anglo-Saxon prisoners or casualties of the English Civil War
Even in Death, Charles Dickens Left Behind a Riveting Tale of Deceit
New research unravels the scheme to bury the Victorian writer in Westminster Abbey—against his wishes
See Winston Churchill's Little-Known Art
Best known for serving as Britain's prime minister during World War II, Churchill was also an amateur painter and avid writer
See Charles I's Stained Execution Shirt
The vest will feature in an upcoming exhibition on London's long and gruesome history of public killings
Newly Unearthed Anglo-Saxon Monastery May Have Hosted England's First Coronation
In the millennia since Edgar the Peaceful's 973 coronation, the content of the royal ceremony has remained largely the same
A Not-So-Brief History of Scottish Independence
This primer covers Scottish sovereignty from the Roman era to the Jacobite revolts, the 2014 referendum and Brexit
Archaeologists Unearth Trove of Medieval Artifacts in London Cesspit
The precursor to the toilet was probably an easy place to throw away—or lose—small objects
The Evolution of Pregnancy Portraits, From Tudor England to Beyoncé
A new show at the Foundling Museum in London highlights artists' depictions of pregnant women over the past 500 years
The American Scion Who Secured British Neutrality in the U.S. Civil War
The journal pages of Charles Francis Adams, the son of one president and the grandson of another, illuminate the life and politics of Victorian England
Artists Reconstruct Centuries-Old Faces of Early Edinburgh Residents
Skulls uncovered beneath St. Giles' Cathedral gave faces to a 12th-century man and a 16th-century woman
Super Resilient Protein Structures Preserved a Chunk of Brain for 2,600 Years
After death, most brains decompose within months or years. This one lasted millennia
High-Status Roman Burials Found in Britain
The discovery provides insight on how Iron Age Britons adopted the Roman lifestyle
Researchers Recover an Early Copy of a 19th-Century Gay Rights Essay
This once-lost copy of "A Problem in Greek Ethics" is only the sixth of its kind
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