Ahead of Charles III’s ceremony, here’s what you need to know about the origins and evolution of the centuries-old tradition History of Now Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History ...

Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th century—over 100 years before textbooks mark the start of the Industrial ...

Until recently, it seemed we, Britons, would do anything to get the attention of the world’s most powerful superpower. Up to and including becoming embroiled in ill-conceived wars in Iraq and ...

On a cloud-spackled Sunday last June, protesters in Bristol, England, gathered at a statue of Edward Colston, a seventeenth-century slave trader on whose watch more than eighty thousand Africans were ...

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A massive 1,100-year-old graveyard leads to a surprising new view of the Nordic legacy in Britain St. Wystan’s church in Repton. In 873-874, a Viking army is believed to have entrenched in the garden.

In 1964, a Labour government came to power in the UK with a pledge to curb inflation and to deliver growth. The growth plans ...

British soldiers look on during blasting operations of the houses of Arab inhabitants of mandate Palestine, circa 1939 (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann / Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung / ullstein bild via ...

Four female fashion models, who are wearing some pieces from Mary Quant's new autumn/winter collection, London, May 1975 Four female fashion models, who are wearing some pieces from Mary Quant's new ...

MCU fans were thrilled at the sight of Peggy Carter in the first episode of What If…? on Disney+, clad in the flag of the United Kingdom, and kicking Nazi butt. However, despite appearances, Peggy was ...