Often referred to as the ‘Hungry Decade’, the 1840s was characterised by social unrest, military losses and economic hardship ...

A British Army intelligence officer, John André was hanged as a spy at Tappan, New York, on Oct. 2nd 1780 on the orders of George Washington.. These were the words of George Washington in reference to ...

The UK Parliament is made up of the Monarch, House of Lords and the House of Commons. Known as ‘The Mother of Parliaments’ this parliamentary system has been copied by many countries around the world.

The 1957 epic war film, ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ tells the story of a group of Allied prisoners of war during the building of the Burma Railway, otherwise known as the Death Railway. After the ...

Empire Windrush was a ship with a long and complicated history. Originating in Germany, it was used to transport German immigrants to South America, then used as a cruise liner by the Nazi Party and ...

The Whig Party, now the dodo of the political scene, was once a principal and leading opposition party to the Tories, representing the divisions caused by religion and class, dating back to the ...

One of the most defining features of the county of Nottinghamshire is Sherwood Forest which is a woodland and former royal hunting ground, perhaps most commonly known as the location for the legendary ...

The year was 1797. It had been more than a year since the Spanish switched sides and joined the French, thus seriously outnumbering the British forces in the Mediterranean. Consequently, the First ...

Forced to step up and meet his royal responsibilities and fulfil the sense of duty his brother lacked, George VI saw the nation through some difficult times and witnessed the changing landscape in ...

In October 1727, a second Hanoverian king was crowned at Westminster Abbey, George II, succeeding his father and continuing the battle of establishing this new dynastic royal family in British society ...

In the moments before he died, King George V made an eerily accurate prophecy for his son and future king: “After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in 12 months”. No one would have quite believed ...

Henry VI was just nine months old when he came to the throne, an infant destined for power and glory but would he be able to live up to the task? A contrasting figure to his father King Henry V, the ...