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

Portrait of English admiral Lord Horatio Nelson

Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson: A rebel with a cause

Why does Britain have so many accents? © Getty Images

Why does Britain have so many accents?

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

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The lost colony of Roanoke Island

Richard III: Ruthless tyrant or maligned monarch? © Wikimedia Commons

Richard III: Ruthless tyrant or maligned monarch?

The Trial of Oscar Wilde © Wikimedia Commons

The Trial of Oscar Wilde

After the Mutiny: Captain Bligh's Return © Channel Four

After the Mutiny: Captain Bligh’s Return

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

60-second history: The Suez Crisis © Wikimedia Commons

60-second history: The Suez Crisis

Who was the 'Caroline' in Radio Caroline?

Who was the ‘Caroline’ in Radio Caroline?