Around 500 members of English Civil War Society will be marching through central London to commemorate the death of King Charles I in 1649. The march starts around 11.15 am with the ceremony at Horse ...

Dating from the Georgian era, gentlemen's clubs were reserved exclusively for the aristocracy and the elite, to meet, drink, ...

The solitary moors of Bodmin have an ethereal, timeless quality which makes it fitting that they host many fascinating ...

Queen Elizabeth I set all the trends at court...even down to her sugar-rotted teeth. Famous for her love of sugar and all things sweet, the queen’s blackened teeth even became a beauty trend, with ...

Admiral Lord Nelson's decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar is well known. What is less well known is that without the ...

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On 24th January 1900 during the Second Boer War, in an area about the size of London’s Trafalgar Square, the flat top of a South African mountain became the killing field for hundreds of infantrymen ...

Here you will find grouped together articles and features about traditional British food and drink, a vital part of British culture and what makes the Brits British!

Became king following the death of his brother Æthelbald. Like his brother and his father, Aethelbert (pictured above) was crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames. Shortly after his succession a Danish army ...