The growth of the BBC Television and ITV after the Second World War encouraged more folk to want TV sets. The Coronation of ...

As we snuggle down in our 21st century homes with their central heating and double glazing, let us spare a thought for those ...

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In March 1987, the ferry The Herald of Free Enterprise sank off Zeebrugge with the loss of 188 lives. This great tragedy occurred because the roll-on/roll-off ferry had sailed with its bow doors open, ...

Never before, or since, has a king met such an untimely end like Charles I. He was proclaimed king in 1625 upon his father’s death and spent the entirety of his reign in conflict with his parliament.

In today’s society, we take pride in our presentation; the way we look, dress, and comb our hair are all intrinsically linked to beauty standards and social norms. “Pretty privilege,” a theory that ...

The rugged hills of Bodmin Moor attract visitors year-round with their windswept beauty and timeless allure. Nestled on the Moor’s southeast fringe lies an area rich in historic treasures, from a ...

Admiral Lord Nelson’s decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar is well known. What is less well known is that without the powder monkeys, the brave young boys who ferried the gunpowder to the guns, ...

When philanthropist Henry Mayhew visited the Peek Frean biscuit factory in Bermondsey in 1865, he marvelled at the automation of biscuit production and “…how it can be possible to fabricate, out of a ...

Dating from the Georgian era, gentlemen’s clubs were reserved exclusively for the aristocracy and the elite, to meet, drink, socialise and gamble. They were also the unofficial stomping grounds of ...