In modern Britain, all roads lead to London, but one can still find traces of older routes and borders that once subdivided ...

An example of a probate inventory from England in the late 17th century. This is the inventory of John Booth, a victualler (supplier of food and alcohol) from Macclesfield in the county of Cheshire, ...

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Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British ...

Joseph of Arimathea is said to have entombed Jesus. Sky HISTORY’s Lost Grail with Alice Roberts investigates the disciple’s ...

"Look Back to Look Forward: 50 Years of the Irish in Britain" is an oral history project telling the stories of Irish people who have emigrated to Britain over the past half-century. The free ...

New research has revealed the fascinating life story of a once anonymous Black boy in a grand 18th-century English portrait by French painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo. Recently uncovered documents show ...

The French Revolution sent shock-waves through Britain. While some watched transfixed, others were horrified. Simon Schama explores why the British proved immune to the siren call of liberty, equality ...

A slate of populist policy proposals has made its debut on the American political stage, including the first comprehensive protectionist tariff policy since the end of the Second World War, a ...

Days of anti-immigrant violence across the United Kingdom were met with powerful anti-racist resistance after a tragedy left the country reeling. Anti-migration protesters throw chunks of concrete ...