British History
A Brief History of Plaid
From highlanders to hipsters
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon Is Your New Favorite Trivia Game
Move over, Kevin!
Mummies May Have Been Scattered Across Bronze Age Britain
Skeletal analysis hints that, intentional or not, mummification may have been more common than previously thought
It Just Got Easier to Visit the Place Where Napoleon Was Exiled (the Second Time)
Remote, rugged, finally accessible — St. Helena will soon have its first-ever airport
A 13th-Century Sword Is Giving Historians a Headache
The sword's inscription is an 800-year-old mystery
Franklin’s Doomed Arctic Expedition Ended in Gruesome Cannibalism
New bone analysis suggests crew resorted to eating flesh, then marrow
Want to Sleep Like a King, Queen or Borgia For a Night? Stay in these Historic Airbnbs
Whether it’s the former home of a national icon or an extravagant estate in Europe, the sharing economy offers the chance to go back in time for a night
Here Are Some of the Weird Ways You Could Die in Tudor England
Pole vaulting and bacon are among the odd causes of death discovered by historians
How the India Pale Ale Got Its Name
A look to the hoppy brew’s past brings us to the revolution in craft beer today
Cast Your Vote for Britain’s National Bird
An online campaign is asking the public to choose from a list of ten finalists whittled down by birders and conservationists
Found: One Lost Sherlock Holmes Story
It was in the attic, my dear Watson
Legend Says the Ankerwycke Yew Witnessed the Magna Carta's Signing
The tree on the bank of the River Thames may be 2,000 years old
The Short Rise and Fall of the Crazy-for-Cocoa-Trade Cards Craze
In the late 19th-century, when you bought chocolate, the grocer dropped a delightful prize into your bag, a trade card to save and share
Who’s Digging Up Hadrian’s Wall?
Rogue diggers with metal detectors are threatening a priceless archaeological site
An Early Copy of the Magna Carta Was Found Forgotten in an Old Scrapbook
An archivist in England stumbled upon a 715-year-old edition of the charter credited for initiating a new framework of governance
How One 138-Page Book Inspired the Creation of the Boy Scouts
How a little military textbook evolved into a movement that would captivate generations of young men
Turing’s Secret Notebook Is Up for Auction
The notebooks offer a glimpse into the mind of a codebreaker
This 3,500-Year-Old Dagger Made a Really Great Doorstop
One man’s doorstop is another man’s rare, ancient artifact
10 Victorian Inventions That Never Quite Took Off
Flops from a "knife and fork cleaner" to a "cholera belt" provide a curious look at life in 19th century England
Save the Voices of Tolkien, Joyce And Tennyson
The British Library is fighting time and budget constraints to save its vast collection of audio recordings
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