British History
Connie Gilchrist Was the Shirley Temple of Victorian London
The child star captivated audiences and artists alike, served as muse for Lewis Carroll, James McNeill Whistler
The Goddess in the Margarine Tub Is Just One of 1,267 Treasures Found by the British Public in 2017
A new report reveals the pieces voluntarily recorded with the U.K.'s Portable Antiquities Scheme last year
The True Story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I
Josie Rourke’s film sees Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie transform from allies into rivals, but in actuality, the queens’ relationship was far more complex
Charlotte Prodger Claims This Year’s Turner Prize With Film Shot on iPhone
The Glasgow-based artist’s diaristic ‘Bridgit’ examines the fluidity of queer identity
Found Near the Thames: A Centuries-Old Skeleton, Still Wearing Thigh-High Boots
The owner of the unusual footwear likely made his living on the water
No, Wait, This Is the Real Ava, a Bronze Age Woman From the Scottish Highlands
New DNA evidence drastically changes the image of the young woman buried in Caithness 4,250 years ago
Relive Medieval London’s Bloody Murders With This New Interactive Death Map
The macabre tool features tales of revenge, thwarted love, infanticide—and a urinal that drove a man to murder
Critically Explore 17th-Century Noblewoman's Little-Known Poems Online
Hester Pulter’s works detail chaotic political landscape of the English Civil War, scientific discoveries, theological queries, personal struggles
Rapa Nui Representatives Visit British Museum to Discuss Repatriation of Moai Statue
The four-ton sculpture was taken from an island temple and gifted to Queen Victoria in 1869
The True Story of Robert the Bruce, Scotland’s 'Outlaw King'
Chris Pine stars as the Netflix film’s eponymous hero, who secures his country’s independence but leaves behind a tangled legacy
10,000 Years of British History to Be Unearthed in Excavations in Advance of Planned Rail Line
Initial finds include hunter-gatherer site on outskirts of London, Wars of the Roses battlefield, Industrial Revolution burial guard
Toothy Medieval Sea Monster Remains Found in London
The lamprey, a jawless fish that uses its teeth to hook onto the flesh of prey, was a favorite delicacy amongst British royals past and present
Is This the Bag That Held Sir Walter Raleigh's Mummified Head?
Legend has it his wife retained his embalmed head. But while the sack dates to the correct era and was found in his son's home, scholars are not convinced
Man Arrested for Trying to Steal an Original Copy of the Magna Carta
The suspect was apprehended after taking a hammer to a glass case containing the 13th-century document
The Results Are In...These Are America’s "Most-Beloved" Novels, Says PBS
More than 4 million people voted, securing top honors for Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in the Great American Read initiative
Curious Collection of Historic Oddities Reunited in Horace Walpole's Neo-Gothic Castle
See more than 150 artifacts originally on view in the estate during the 1700s
Remote South Atlantic Islands Are Flooded With Plastic
In less than ten years, plastic pollution around St. Helena, East Falkland and Ascension Islands has increased tenfold, and 100 times in the last 30 years
What Did Elizabeth I Actually Look Like? This Artist Has a Suggestion
Mat Collishaw’s ‘Mask of Youth’ presents realistic depiction of the Tudor queen, explores her savvy command of public persona
Jenny Saville Takes Title of Most Expensive Living Female Artist
Her 1992 nude self-portrait "Propped" sold for $12.4 million. But the record-breaking price lags behind the amount paid to the men's holder of the title
Archaeologists Unearth Foundations of Wolf Hall, Where Henry VIII Fell for Jane Seymour
The team’s finds include a network of Tudor-era brick sewers, the foundations of two towers and ornate tiles
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