A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Matthew J. Smith, director of the Center for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London, about the commonwealth's complicated history. The ...
Therefore, Unbothered has curated seven must-read Black British history books that challenge the distorted depictions of our past and have marred our understanding of a people, and more personally, ...
Levant Mine, Cornwall. The Levant Mine operated from the late 18th century until its closure in 1930, mining tin and copper from beneath the sea bed. Levant Mine, Cornwall. The Levant Mine operated ...
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In the new film of Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park, the writer and director Patricia Rozema includes an early scene that is not in the book. As Fanny Price departs from her family in Portsmouth to ...
Explore the rich history of the British Isles, year by year, through detailed historical maps. This video covers various ...
The U.K. is the only monarchy left in Europe that still celebrates a coronation, a ceremony meant to confer God’s grace on the monarch as head of the Church of England. In the past, it was seen as ...
The British army and navy, in a stunning display of global force projection and military logistics, invaded Brooklyn by sea and launched the defeat of George Washington's army in New York City on this ...