General Charles Cornwallis is best known for his part in the British defeat at Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War ...

A British Army intelligence officer, John André was hanged as a spy at Tappan, New York, on Oct. 2nd 1780 on the orders of ...

The campaigns in Italy in 1943 and 1944 were tough and bloody ones, with some of the most brutal engagements of the Second ...

In 1781, American and French forces under George Washington laid siege to the British army at Yorktown. This would become the most decisive battle of the American Revolutionary ...

In an ancient and unassuming church grounds, in a tiny village called Fortingall, nestled deep into the Perthshire countryside, lives what is arguably the oldest living tree in Europe. It is an ...

England held its breath as the mighty Spanish Armada sailed up the English Channel. Invasion appeared imminent. Then Queen Elizabeth I is reputed to have made a rousing speech to her troops as they ...

From the world-famous St Paul’s in London to the charming 12th century St David’s Cathedral in Wales, simply scroll down to see our interactive map of the Christian cathedrals in Britain. Although we ...

Ask who wrote the novel ‘Alice In Wonderland’ and most people will reply Lewis Carroll. However Lewis Carroll was a pen-name; the author’s real name was Charles Dodgson and Alice was the daughter of a ...

The UK Parliament is made up of the Monarch, House of Lords and the House of Commons. Known as ‘The Mother of Parliaments’ this parliamentary system has been copied by many countries around the world.

Think of animals at the Tower of London and the famous ravens are the creatures that come to mind. These intelligent and emblematic birds have been residents of the tower for many centuries under the ...

They were the British naval vessels that officially didn’t exist; the mystery ships of World War One. Their mission was to hunt, decoy and destroy German submarines…. They were the British naval ...