British History

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

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: Season 1: Episode 3)

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

Popular Culture
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
The Portrait of an African Man by Jan Mostaert, 1525 | public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Black History Month and the importance of celebrating black British history

Popular Culture
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
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
Image Source: The Independent
HISTORY's Forgotten People: Walter Tull

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

Battles
10 things you didn't know about Winston Churchill

Hunting Hitler
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
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
A still from Damian Lewis: Spy Wars, episode 2, Bombs in the Sky
The history of Al Qaeda, the world's most notorious terrorist group

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

Colonialism
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl and 'The Irregulars', the British spy ring in 40s America

Popular Culture
Saint George and the Dragon, by Paolo Uccello, c.1470 (left) and 17th-century Mughal painting of al-Khidr (right)
The strange and unlikely history of St George

Lost Relics of the Knights Templar
The Battle of Britain

British History