The first and founding member of the House of Lancaster, Henry had successfully overthrown Richard II and consolidated his power to become King Henry IV of England in October 1399. The son of John of ...

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 ...

In recent years shows like Vikings and The Last Kingdom have demonstrated an increased interest in Anglo-Saxon England, the centuries spanning from the Roman Empire abandoning England to the Norman ...

All modern societies owe a debt to domesticated animals. The wealth of Britain was largely established on wool and woollen products, and that is why one of the nation’s most potent symbols is still ...

The ancient seaport of Whitby, Yorkshire is a beautiful and picturesque natural harbour situated on England’s North East Coast. It is essentially a town of two parts divided by the River Esk, and ...

A central figure in the War of the Roses, Elizabeth Woodville found herself on both the winning and losing side, as the battle between the Yorkist supporters and Lancastrians directly impacted not ...

Captain Morgan – famous today as the face of a brand of spiced rum. But who was he? Pirate? Privateer? Politician? He was born in 1635 in Llanrhymny, then a village between Cardiff and Newport, in ...

George IV – as a prince and then a king – would never have had an ordinary life. Yet even with this in mind, it would seem that his life was more than usually extraordinary. He was both ‘The First ...

Often referred to as the world’s first “tube” railway, Tower Subway is the second oldest tunnel running under the Thames. The second oldest tunnel running under the Thames, Tower Subway is an often ...

Westminster Hall in all its historic grandeur has throughout several centuries played host to some of the most significant moments in British history, most recently the lying-in-state of her late ...

Every nation has its own ‘Patron Saint’ who in times of great peril is called upon to help save the country from its enemies. St David is the patron saint of Wales, St Andrew of Scotland and St ...