British History
Britain's Lake District Was Immortalized by Beatrix Potter, But Is Its Future in Peril?
Shepherds and ecologists are butting heads over what's next for the beloved landscape
How British Gun Manufacturers Changed the Industrial World Lock, Stock and Barrel
In ‘Empire of Guns,’ historian Priya Satia explores the microcosm of firearm manufacturing through an unlikely subject—a Quaker family
The First Novel for Children Taught Girls the Power of Reading
Nearly three centuries before heroines like Katniss and Meg Murray, Sarah Fielding published a book on the values of female education
The True Story of “Trust,” Yet Another Interpretation of the Getty Kidnapping
Writers of the FX program have a much different spin than the recent movie on the same subject matter
The Great Feather Heist
The curious case of a young American’s brazen raid on a British museum’s priceless collection
Artifacts Stolen in Massive Archaeological Theft Recovered in Canterbury
Police have recovered most of the 2,000 coins, bones, beads and other items lifted from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust in January
How the Battle of Jutland Pushed Britain to the Limit
Going into World War I, the British Navy tasted success for well over a century. By 1916, they finally had an adversary that would test their abilities
To Save Cannonballs on Henry VIII's Flagship, Researchers Looked to X-ray Tech
The more than 1200 cannonballs found on <i>The Mary Rose</i> are facing a major problem—corrosion
Monster Fatberg Goes On Display at London Museum
The mass clogged the sewer under Whitechapel last year with 820 feet of solid grease, fat and dirty diapers
Photographs Documenting the Struggle for Women's Suffrage Are Reimagined in Full Color
Colorizer Tom Marshall's deft touch brings new life to 100-year-old photographs
Stories of Forgotten Suffragettes Come Alive in New Exhibition
The Museum of London's "Votes for Women” show marks 100 years since women were first granted the right to vote in Britain
A Brief History of Women’s Figure Skating
You might be surprised to learn that this sport where women now shine was initially seen as solely the purview of male athletes
One of the World's Oldest "Crayons" Colors in Details of the Mesolithic World
An interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and physicists came together to discover the purpose of the ancient bit of sharpened red ochre
World's Fifth-Largest Diamond Found in Lesotho
The 910-carat gem is a D-color, type-IIa stone, meaning it is completely colorless and has no visible impurities
Possible Remains of ‘Lost’ Monastery Discovered in Scotland
The elusive monastery is associated with the Book of Deer, which contains the oldest-surviving examples of Scottish Gaelic writing
Sixty-Five Years Later, the Queen Recalls Her Coronation
New Smithsonian Channel special has rare Queen Elizabeth II interview and offers a closeup of the Crown Jewels
York Minister's Massive Medieval Stained-Glass Window Restored to Its Former Glory
Conservators spent some 92,400 hours cleaning and protecting the great east window's 311 panels
A Search for a Lost Hammer Led to the Largest Cache of Roman Treasure Ever Found in Britain
Today, archaeologists are still debating just how old the hoard is—and what it tells us about the end of the Roman Empire in Britain
These Letters Tell the Inside Story of Mary, Queen of Scots’ Imprisonment
A collection of 43 letters relating to the latter years of the queen’s confinement was recently donated to the British Library
The YMCA First Opened Gyms to Train Stronger Christians
Physical fitness was a secondary goal for the movement
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