The 2017 film 'Victoria and Abdul' highlights the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria and her Indian Muslim servant ...

If you had been in London on Saturday 22nd June 1861, no doubt you would have made your way, with thousands of other sightseers, to watch the Tooley Street Fire burn its way from Cotton’s Wharf, which ...

Penwith is where Britain ends. It is the final strip of land before the sea, stretching out a small finger into the ocean as though reaching forlornly for the sunset. Britain’s ancient inhabitants ...

On 15th June 1815, a ball took place in a coach house adjoining the Duke and Duchess of Richmond’s temporary home in Brussels. Known as the Duchess of Richmond’s Ball, it was to become one of the most ...

Prepare for an action-packed day at Rockingham Castle! Watch as the Knights of Nottingham take to the Tilting Lawn in an epic display of jousting. Set in the stunning grounds of Rockingham Castle, ...

The role of mounted cavalry seems to belong to another age. It brings to mind the Charge of the Light Brigade, the subject of the famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson; "Half a league, half a league, ...

Edward of Woodstock was born in – unsurprisingly – Woodstock, on June 15th 1330. He was the eldest son of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, but alas he never actually became king, dying one ...

Between the quiet suburbs of Oswestry and the bucolic sweep of the Shropshire countryside stands the earthen-fortress of Old Oswestry. One of the most impressive and best-preserved Iron Age hillforts ...

The year 2020 marked the 80th anniversary of the evacuation of more than 300,000 Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France between May 26th and June 4th 1940, during World War II.. British, ...

On the 2nd June 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place and the whole country joined in celebration. This is a personal account of that momentous day: “The only problem on the actual day ...