History Magazine
King Harold II (Godwinson)
1066: possibly the most famous date in British history. The Bayeux tapestry documents the heroic battle and death of King Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England…
Colliers and Salters: Scottish Slaves
‘So recently as 1799 there were slaves in this country. Twenty-five years before, that is, in 1775, there must have been thousands of them; for this was the condition of all our colliers and salters. They were literal slaves…’ So noted Lord Cockburn in his memoirs in 1830. He was referring to Scotland…
The Battle of Bamber Bridge
In June 1943, exacerbated by alcohol, underlying hostility and entrenched racial prejudice, a minor incident in a small Lancashire village among American GIs stationed nearby, escalated into what became known as the Battle of Bamber Bridge…
Gladstone and Disraeli In Opposition
“If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that, I suppose, would be a calamity”. The verbal jousting between Prime Ministers Gladstone and Disraeli is legendary…
The Chorleywood Experiment: Give us this day our daily bread…
During the 1960s when US boffins were involved in some serious research into how to conquer space and deliver a man to the moon, 130 of the finest food scientists in ‘Good Ole Blighty’ were assembled for the Chorleywood Experiment…