Welcome to Highclere Castle, setting for the popular TV series, Downton Abbey. This weekend join us for the music and dance of the 1940s, vintage car displays, lawn games and a ‘History of Flight’ ...

A psalter is a collection of religious texts, including psalms, prayers and a calendar of Church feast-days, written in Latin on vellum or parchment. What makes the Luttrell Psalter unique is that it ...

On 9th October 1779 a group of English textile workers in Manchester rebelled against the introduction of machinery which threatened their skilled craft. This was the first of many Luddite riots to ...

Street brawls between fascists on one side and ‘Antifa’, communists and anarchists on the other. Although this may sound like something from the news of Portland, USA in 2020, this is East London in ...

On October 6th 1854 the people of Tyneside believed that the end of the world was upon them. In the early hours an explosion occurred which shook the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and its neighbour ...

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Falkirk in Scotland is home to The Kelpies, the largest equine sculpture in the world. Unveiled in April 2014, these 30-metre high horse-head sculptures are situated in Helix Park near the M9 Motorway ...

The horse’s contribution to Britain’s rich history and culture is significant. From the early image of Queen Boudica in a chariot being drawn by her two chargers into battle with the Romans, the horse ...

John Bull is an imaginary figure who is a personification of England, similar to the American ‘Uncle Sam’. He is shown in cartoons and caricatures as a prosperous farmer of the 18th century. John Bull ...

It is often said that wars are either won at sea, in the air, or in the trenches; however this story relates to a ‘war of production’ – a war that was fought in the factories of Leeds by a brave band ...

The Origins of the Account: John Wilkins was a prominent 17th-century English clergyman and natural philosopher. As part of his work ‘Mathematicall Magick’ he studied submarines and the work of Dutch ...