From Britain's distant Viking past right up to the D-Day landings, here are 15 of the most common misconceptions that many ...

Great Britain defended its team eventing title from Tokyo, claiming a second consecutive gold medal in a competition that it dominated from start to finish. There never seemed to be any doubt that the ...

The Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team made history on the waters off of Abu Dhabi, in the UAE, last weekend when they became ...

Winston Churchill went to Manchester one day in 1906 to attend to some politicking. While there, Churchill was entertained by the local Liberal Party campaign chairman, a wealthy Jewish cotton ...

Historian Michael Wood presents a series exploring the United Kingdom's remarkable past from the perspective of ordinary people. This second episode explores how our modern ethnic and linguistic ...

Here’s why some historians argue she was Britain’s first Black queen—and what we know for sure about her life with King George III. Scottish painter Allan Ramsay’s portrait of Queen Charlotte in her ...

Dyrham Park, an English country estate nestled among steep hills seven miles north of Bath, fulfills your fantasy of what such a place should be. A house and a dovecote were recorded on the site in ...

SS Great Britain With Dan Snow' Dan Snow steps aboard the SS Great Britain in Bristol to tell the story of one of history's most important ships. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, SS Great Britain ...