British History
Great Britain Still Has Significant Debt From World War I
The U.K. is committing itself to paying off a small fraction of that debt next year by issuing new debt
You’ll Soon Be Able to Talk to London And Manchester’s Statues
Just scan a tag near the statues with your cell, and they'll call you with a quick first-person history lesson
This Skeleton Couple Has Been Holding Hands for 700 Years
The couple's remains are just one of the discoveries recently made in the "lost chapel" of St. Morrell
Richard III Suffered Severe Head Wounds in Battle
Analysis of the skeleton revels that he was likely not wearing a helmet when he died
Sir John Franklin’s Doomed Ship Just Turned Up in the Arctic After 170 Years
The two ships disappeared in 1846 during a British expedition trying to map the Northwest Passage
Newly Discovered Viking Fortress Could Have Been a Launch Point for Invading England
The ring-shaped complex could have been used as a military training ground
Case Solved on Jack the Ripper? Not So Fast
An author and a scientist claim to have proven the identity of the notorious 19th century killer, but others say the evidence is lacking
What the Scottish Independence Referendum Could Mean for Orkney
Sovereignty over Orkney, home to the First Stonehenge, has been debated for more than 5,000 years
Dry Grass Hints That Stonehenge Was Once a Whole Circle
Researchers find new evidence about the shape of Stonehenge
How British Soldiers’ Gear Has Changed Over the Last 1,000 Years
Photographer Thom Atkinson traces the evolution of wooden spears to sniper rifles
Your Guide to the Three Weeks of 1814 That We Today Call the War of 1812
From the burning of Washington to the siege of Baltimore, what happened in those late summer days?
These Diaries, of Poet Siegfried Sassoon, Capture the Chaos of WWI
Siegfried Sassoon's poems captured life in the trenches of WWI
In 1665, a British Warship Mysteriously Blew Up—And Soon We Might Know Why
349 years ago, the warship The London exploded in the Thames Estuary. Now archaeologists are trying to figure out why
The Cannibal Club: Racism and Rabble-Rousing in Victorian England
These 19th-century gentlemen of good standing let their inner boors loose in secret London backrooms
The Big Mystery Behind the Great Train Robbery May Finally Have Been Solved
Chris Long's <em>A Tale of Two Thieves</em> examines the largest cash theft of its time
The Amazing (If True) Story of the Submarine Mechanic Who Blew Himself Up Then Surfaced as a Secret Agent for Queen Victoria
The leading mechanic of the famed H.L. Hunley led quite the life, if we can believe any of it
The British View the War of 1812 Quite Differently Than Americans Do
The star-spangled war confirmed independence for the United States. But for Great Britain, it was a betrayal
You Could Smell Like A Viking
York has come up with a new tourism stunt: smell like a Viking
In the Victorian Era, Doctors Prescribed Beards to Help Keep Men Healthy
The mid-19th century beard boom was motivated, in part, by health concerns
The Black Death Actually Improved Public Health
Analysis of skeletons from before and after the height of the epidemic yields surprising results
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