Dartmoor. The setting for Conan Doyle's Hound of the Baskervilles, this beautiful but rugged region of Devon is shrouded in ...

This is the inspiring story of the Talalla brothers, Cyril, known as Jimmy, and Henry, known as Sonny, who made the long trip ...

The most common date given for the arrival of tobacco in England is 27th July 1586, when it is said Sir Walter Raleigh brought it to England from Virginia. Indeed, one legend tells of how Sir Walter’s ...

“There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as a good tavern or inn.” So wrote Samuel Johnson and for many, this remains true today. Think of an ...

The Victorian Workhouse was an institution that was intended to provide work and shelter for poverty stricken people who had no means to support themselves. With the advent of the Poor Law system, ...

Opium, laudanum and other narcotic drugs played an important part in Victorian life.

The Highland Clearances remain a controversial period in Scotland’s history. Sheep farming being more profitable than farming, thousands of people were forcibly 'cleared' from the Scottish highlands ...

The year was 1888 and the location Bow in the East End of London, a place where some of the most poverty stricken in society lived and worked. The Match Girls’ Strike was industrial action taken up by ...

The British Empire is remembered for its extensive, long-lasting and far-reaching imperial activities that ushered in an era of globalisation and connectivity. The British Empire began in its ...

One of the most popular and controversial literary figures of the 19th century, Oscar Wilde was a celebrated playwright, poet and novelist, famous for his satire and sharp wit. He was an ...

Pocahontas was a Native American woman of the Powhatan people. Her connections with John Smith, the colony at Jamestown and John Rolfe are well known. What happened during her trip to England is less ...

The term ‘hangover’ is universally understood to mean the disproportionate suffering that comes after a night of over-indulgence. But where does the term actually come from? One possible explanation ...