Georgian

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

5 of the worst years in British history

Front door of No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British prime minister

From Walpole to Truss Lessons from the 300-year history of the British prime minister

A 1773 allegorical engraving of the three powers partitioning Poland

Why we should remember… the first Partition of Poland

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert and Edward Jenner

My history hero Dame Sarah Gilbert chooses Edward Jenner

Bridal accessories, including lace gloves and pearls (Alchemia | Dreamstime.com)

Beyond fashion: 6 accessories that reveal changing attitudes in society, from the Georgians to the 20th century

Photo of Ginger Rogers

Q&A When did people start wearing sunglasses?

A portrait of William IV

Your guide to William IV, the ‘sailor king’

Oscar Wilde with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1893

General History

From Oscar Wilde to David Irving: 9 landmark libel & defamation cases through history

Dakota Johnson stars as Anne Elliot in Netflix's 2022 adaptation of Persuasion, the final completed novel by Jane Austen

Persuasion “The essence and spirit of Austen’s work are fundamentally changed”

The origins of the Conservative Party can be traced to the ‘Tory’ group in parliament which emerged in the last quarter of the 17th century and, led by Lord Bolingbroke (pictured) and Robert Harley, held power during the final years of Queen Anne’s reign. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Why are they called Tories? A brief history of the Conservative Party

c1400 farmer ploughing a field.

6 of the most catastrophic weather events in British history

A Maria Spilsbury painting of a group sat at a drawing room table

Regency romance and a real-life Anne Elliot

Painting showing the surrender at Yorktown – a man on a horse moves between two lines of cavalry

When and how did the American Revolution end?

The battle of Brooklyn (aka the battle of Long Island), 27 August 1776

American Revolutionary War: the 9 battles that made the United States

A late 18th-century portrait of proto-feminist and first lady Abigail Adams

Women in the American Revolution: what were their lives like?