The 2017 film 'Victoria and Abdul' highlights the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria and her Indian Muslim servant, Abdul Karim. This unlikely friendship and his sudden elevation to Queen's ...

Penwith is where Britain ends. It is the final strip of land before the sea, stretching out a small finger into the ocean as ...

Snooker is a popular billiard game that attracts millions of viewers all over the world. It was the introduction of colour television by the BBC that was instrumental in an initial snooker boom in ...

Welcome to part two of our Fashion Through the Ages series. Starting from medieval fashion ending at the swinging sixties, this section covers British fashion during the 16th and 17th centuries. This ...

Lucozade! Many baby boomers will remember this sparkling, lurid-coloured drink when the glass bottle still came wrapped in crinkly cellophane. This iconic tonic only appeared when a child was ill in ...

I’m fascinated with today’s news from the past. The articles and adverts tell us what was important to society that particular day. You meet characters, events and places that time has forgotten and ...

The chimney sweep, or climbing boys as they were often called, was a harsh profession to be in and most likely one that would severely cut your life short. Those employed were often orphans or from ...

The great stately home belonging to generations of the Devonshire family sits proudly in all its architectural majesty and grandeur, surrounded by the beautiful rugged landscape of the Derbyshire ...

Nestled in the heart of Lancashire, Bamber Bridge is a town steeped in history and tradition. Today the streets of Bamber Bridge are lined with a mix of traditional stone cottages and modern ...

You may not have heard of it, but The Pilgrimage of Grace was the single largest rebellion in Tudor history and took place in the North of England between October 1536 and January 1537. The common ...

St Dunstan was a prominent English religious figure during the Anglo-Saxon period and became a significant advisor to many of the kings of Wessex, helping to initiate monastic reforms and influence ...

“The unweary, unostentatious, and inglorious crusade of England against slavery may probably be regarded as among the three or four perfectly virtuous pages comprised in the history of nations.” ...