From Britain's distant Viking past right up to the D-Day landings, here are 15 of the most common misconceptions that many ...

Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th century—over 100 years before textbooks mark the start of the Industrial ...

Millions of historical employment records show the British workforce turned sharply towards manufacturing jobs during the 1600s -- suggesting the birth of the industrial age has much deeper roots, say ...

Dyrham Park, an English country estate nestled among steep hills seven miles north of Bath, fulfills your fantasy of what such a place should be. A house and a dovecote were recorded on the site in ...

Nothing is as central to the way the British view themselves as the telling and retelling of their gallant fight against the Nazis. Perhaps the colossal figure of Winston Churchill is taken for ...

Therefore, Unbothered has curated seven must-read Black British history books that challenge the distorted depictions of our past and have marred our understanding of a people, and more personally, ...

For more than a decade, the historian and broadcaster’s work has focused on bringing his country’s uglier histories to light. Recently, more people are paying attention. By Desiree Ibekwe LONDON — In ...

Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II on the birth of her great grandchild, Prince of Cambridge George Alexander Louis, who is third in line to the throne. Whoever comes after Elizabeth II will have ...