Discover who the Britain’s longest-reigning monarchs are in this article. Learn about Queen Elizabeth II, her reign lengths, historical impact, and official records.
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 ...
Perhaps the greatest unsolved mystery in British royal history is that of the Princes in the Tower. In 1483, The Princes Edward (Edward V of England) and Richard (Duke of York) were just 12 and 9 ...
Channel 4 has ordered the new history series Fortress Britain from Banijay UK’s IWC Media, in association with producers Dom Bowles and Theo Williams. Professor Alice Roberts, Dr. Onyeka Nubia and ...
Millions of historical employment records show the British workforce turned sharply towards manufacturing jobs during the 1600s -- suggesting the birth of the industrial age has much deeper roots, say ...