Hammered gold coins offer a direct link to Britain’s past, revealing how money was made, used, and lost centuries ago. This video explores the history of hammered gold coinage, explaining how these ...

Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th century—over 100 years before textbooks mark the start of the Industrial ...

British history is not just to be found in textbooks or museums, it is the living impulse of an old country. But we are ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. This article is more than 3 years old. The British History ...

In 43 AD, Rome launched its invasion of Britain, aiming to expand its empire. The Roman forces, led by Aulus Plautius, met a ...

Key point: No matter how good, no military is perfect. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and more than a few that stained British arms. Like the Romans, ...

Perhaps the greatest unsolved mystery in British royal history is that of the Princes in the Tower. In 1483, The Princes Edward (Edward V of England) and Richard (Duke of York) were just 12 and 9 ...

Nothing is as central to the way the British view themselves as the telling and retelling of their gallant fight against the Nazis. Perhaps the colossal figure of Winston Churchill is taken for ...