Discover the historical significance of the Railway 200 celebrations, marking 200 years since the first steam locomotive ...

By contrast, it’s almost ironic that today, Whitney is best remembered as a racing driver. He shot through motor sport like a ...

In 1945 women joined the ranks of the Royal Society, the UK’s premier scientific academy, for the first time. Over the next ...

The True Story of the World’s First Public Service Steam Locomotive ...

Wales holds in the popular imagination a reputation of magic, mystery, and ancient ways. A land apart from its’ neighbours, Cymru has been a destination for centuries, but more importantly it is home ...

One American's Journey from Russia Optimist to Prisoner of the State ...

According to the make-it-up-as-you-go-along 12th-century historian Geoffrey of Monmouth, the River Humber was named after Humber, the King of the Huns. Learn more behind the history of Humber Crossing ...

When fishing boats were numerous, Scotland was a wonderful place to see them. Even now, it’s still possible to catch a hint of what used to be. Peter Drummond has roamed the coastlines and harbours of ...

If you’re ever walking along Corporation Street in Birmingham on a busy afternoon just stop and look around you. Listen to the noise, the chattering of voices, the distant hum of traffic, then close ...

JAMES H. DICKSON is a retired Professor of Archaeobotany and Plant Systematics at the University of Glasgow where he is now an Honorary Senior Research Fellow. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society ...

Kent truly is the gateway into England and the whole of the history of this “Sceptred Isle” has passed through the ancient kingdom of Kent. Its very name goes back into the mists of time. A Greek ...

CAROLINE BIGGS has lived all her life in Cambridge. She was an active Trustee of The Museum of Cambridge, where she founded a history festival to redress the massive imbalance between the historical ...