British history

(Original Caption) NEW YORK: WOMEN'S LIBERATION PARADE ON 5TH AVENUE, 8/26/71.

Women’s Lib: The Second Wave of Feminism

Unemployed men from the shipyard town of Jarrow march to London with Ellen Wilkinson MP © Getty

The march to save Jarrow

Heroes of the Battle of Britain

Heroes of the Battle of Britain

Saying goodbye to the People's Princess

Saying goodbye to the People’s Princess

The Victorian origins of seaside traditions © iStock

The Victorian origins of seaside traditions

The Trial of Oscar Wilde © Wikimedia Commons

The Trial of Oscar Wilde

Why we drive on the wrong side of the road © AP

Why we drive on the wrong side of the road

Seven forgotten and unsolved crimes

Seven forgotten and unsolved crimes

Who was the 'Caroline' in Radio Caroline?

Who was the ‘Caroline’ in Radio Caroline?

The Bodleian – the medieval library that became a 'Harry Potter' set © Getty Images

The Bodleian – the medieval library that became a ‘Harry Potter’ set

Remembering Britain’s forgotten children © Alamy

Remembering Britain’s forgotten children

Charles Dickens and the Staplehurst rail disaster © Wikimedia Commons

Charles Dickens and the Staplehurst rail disaster

250 years of Bristol Old Vic © Alamy250 years of Bristol Old Vic © Alamy

250 years of Bristol Old Vic

The Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980 © Getty Images

The Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980

Sporting history made at first FA Cup final © Wikimedia Commons

Sporting history made at first FA Cup final