The Stuart period witnessed the Great Plague, the Fire of London, religious and political upheaval, the English Civil Wars, a republic and the restoration...
The British Empire reached its peak under foreign rule with four king Georges, William IV and Queen Victoria
It is ironic that Britain’s power, Empire...
The Tudor era covers the Renaissance and Henry VIII to the Golden Age and Elizabeth I - via Shakespeare and the Spanish Armada
A much-copied (yet lost) portrait of...
Queen Elizabeth II turns 90 years old today and, to mark the milestone, The British Monarchy has released three new portraits of HM The Queen photographed by Annie Leibovitz.
Thanks to a recent flurry of films and television programmes featuring the fictional sleuth, Sherlock Holmes is currently enjoying something of a resurgence. But...
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