British History
Don't Pick Your Nose, 15th-Century Manners Book Warns
The taboo on booger hunting stretches back centuries, reveals a book recently digitized by the British Library
These Newly Digitized Military Maps Explore the World of George III
The last British monarch to reign over the American colonies had a collection of more than 55,000 maps, each with their own story to tell
Archaeologists Identify Site of Long-Lost Chapel Razed During English Civil War
The "sumptuously constructed" 14th-century chapel was roughly the same size as Sainte-Chapelle in Paris
Divers Recover More Than 350 Artifacts From the HMS 'Erebus' Shipwreck
The treasure trove could help answer questions about what happened during the disastrous Franklin Expedition
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Charles Dickens Museum Acquires Trove of Author's Unpublished Letters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
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