British History

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

Captain Horatio Nelson, painted by John Francis Rigaud in 1781

Horatio Nelson

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William Wallace

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Oliver Cromwell statue

Oliver Cromwell

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Why did de Gaulle hate the English?

Al Murray Why Does Everyone Hate the English
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The real Santa Claus: How psychedelics may have inspired the story of Santa

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The Hull Blitz

WW2 Treasure Hunters
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UK, Great Britain, British Isles – the difference explained

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Barnard Castle

The siege of Barnard Castle and the River Tees

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Into the jaws of death' | US troops disembark from a LCVP craft onto Omaha beach 6 June 1944

The largest seaborne invasion in history: The story of D-Day

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A painting of an African man by Dutch painter Jan Mostaert

The story of Black History Month

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Emmeline Pankhurst founded the WSPU in 1903

The lives of the Suffragettes

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Japanese soldiers pose next to a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen after capturing Shanghai: Wikipedia.

The story of the Royal Ulster Riflemen and the battle of Shanghai

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The Most Picturesque Places in…Ireland

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Portrait of Prince Albert by John Partridge

The German kings and queens of England

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Left: A 3D rendering of Nessie, the famed lake monster of Loch Ness. Right: View of Loch Ness from the bank of Fort Augustus, Scotland.

Has Nessie been found? The true history of the Loch Ness monster

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The most picturesque places in…Wales

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King Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger

The history of the English Reformation

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Oliver Cromwell

The unlikely escapades of Oliver Cromwell's head

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The Most Picturesque Places in…Scotland

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The Munich agreement: 'Peace for our time'?

Colonialism
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The treachery of the Blue Books

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A foggy scene in London

The Day London Vanished

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The Great Sheffield Flood

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The most picturesque places in…England

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The Calendar Riots of 1752: When Britain lost 11 days

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Peterloo: the bloody massacre that led to parliamentary reform

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The Battle of Newark Castle and the River Trent

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

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