British History

The island nation that became one of the world's largest and powerful empires, has a long and tumultuous history.

The Munich agreement: 'Peace for our time'?

Colonialism
In the Blue Books, 3 English vicars branded the Welsh language evil and its speakers lazy and immoral
The treachery of the Blue Books

Al Murray Why Does Everyone Hate the English
Heavy smog in Piccadilly Circus, London, 6th December 1952 (Getty).
The Day London Vanished

Popular Culture
Lower Matlock Wheel - Malcolm Nunn
The Great Sheffield Flood

Disasters
The Calendar Riots of 1752: When Britain lost 11 days

Popular Culture
Owain Glyndwr and 800 men attacked Carreg Cennen Castle in July 1403
Owain Glyndŵr: The last Welsh prince of wales

Al Murray Why Does Everyone Hate the English
The Massacre of Peterloo or Britons Strike Home by George Cruikshank
Peterloo: the bloody massacre that led to parliamentary reform

Battles
The Battle of Newark Castle and the River Trent

River Hunters
Lessons from Samuel Pepys's Plague diary: Living through an outbreak

Popular Culture
Left: a group of soldiers in the trenches, right: the ruined village of Athies, Pas-de-Calais, destroyed in the German retreat
Operation Alberich, the campaign that inspired Sam Mendes' 1917

WW1
How 1066 changed English forever

Al Murray Why Does Everyone Hate the English
A 134 bus is left leaning against the side of a terrace in Harrington Square, Mornington Crescent (Getty).
London Blitz: where the bombs fell

WW2 Treasure Hunters
Churchill and Gandhi's epic rivalry

Colonialism
Making steel bill hooks and knives in Sheffield by hand, 1932
A history of the 'Steel City'

Forged In Fire
10 things you didn't know about Winston Churchill

Hunting Hitler
Caledonia, Scotland's doomed Panama colony

Al Murray Why Does Everyone Hate the English
Mahatma Gandhi and left Gandhi leading the Salt March, 1930
Gandhi's Salt March, the tax protest that changed Indian history

Colonialism
History of Liverpool

Popular Culture
William Simpson - Charge of the light cavalry brigade
‘Gallant’, ‘brilliant’ and ‘useless’ - the Charge of the Light Brigade

Battles
10 Hidden British Gems

Ozzy and Jacks World Detour
How well do you know your British history?

Britains Bloodiest Dynasty
Quiz: Famous battles in British history

Britains Bloodiest Dynasty
Wernher von Braun and the V2 rocket
The death of the doodlebug: The rise and fall of Hitler’s V-weapons

WW1
German Panzer IV and Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack \ Wikipedia
The Battle of Kursk: the largest tank battle in history

Battles
Margaret Thatcher
How Thatcher broke the miners' strike but at what cost?

Popular Culture
Viktor Bout – Merchant of Death

Damian Lewis Spy Wars
Reproduction of the poison-tipped umbrella that killed Georgi Markov
The weirdest cold war assassination of all

Damian Lewis Spy Wars
If it wasn't for WW2, how would we remember Churchill's legacy?

Colonialism