In the crime-ridden underworld of Victorian London, a group of working-class women rose to notoriety. This was the all-female ...

Richard I the Lionheart (r. 1189-1199) is perhaps best known for his exploits in the Third Crusade. His war against Saladin is one of the classic stories of medieval chivalry and crusading. But ...

We all remember the smell of overcooked cabbage that haunted the halls and corridors of our schools in the 1950s and 1960s. School dinners – loved or loathed, they have left us with many memories! If ...

In this article we reminisce about the toys of yesteryear, the toys of the 1950s and 1960s. Childhood in the 1950s and 1960s was one of freedom and exploration, especially when compared to that of ...

The British Empire is remembered for its extensive, long-lasting and far-reaching imperial activities that ushered in an era of globalisation and connectivity. The British Empire began in its ...

On the walls of Scone Palace in Scotland hangs an 18th century portrait of two high society women completed by the artist David Martin. One of the protagonists is painted sitting down reading whilst ...

Lucozade! Many baby boomers will remember this sparkling, lurid-coloured drink when the glass bottle still came wrapped in crinkly cellophane. This iconic tonic only appeared when a child was ill in ...

The Huguenots were French Protestants from the sixteenth and seventeenth century who fled from the French Catholic government fearing persecution and violence. As they fled, a diaspora of Huguenots ...

Whilst the Allies gained ground and began advancing across Europe in the latter stages of the Second World War, nothing could have prepared them for the horrors they were about to uncover when they ...

Risqué illustrations of scandalous affairs and humorous digs at London’s elite, this was the golden age of caricature in Georgian England. The satirical prints of the Georgian Era marked the “Golden ...

Radio Rentals, DER, Rediffusion, Granada, Visionhire, Martin Dawes and Thorn Television Rentals were all well-known names on the 1970s British High Street that have now all but disappeared. At its ...