History Magazine
The Great Conspiracy – Fall of Roman Britain
During the 3rd and 4th centuries, barbarian tribes made increasing incursions against Roman held territory in Britain. Roman garrisons across the country found themselves overwhelmed as forces came from all directions: the Picts from the north, the Scotti from Ireland in the west, and the Saxons from the southeast…
Defined by war: Audrey Hepburn’s early years
Audrey Hepburn’s name evokes the glamour and elegance of the golden age of cinema in the 1950s. Yet her childhood and adolescence were shaped by the harsh realities of Nazi occupation, starvation, and the devastation of war.
When London shook: Elizabethan and Georgian earthquakes
Two earthquakes shook London in early 1750. Then a third was predicted. Cue thousands of Londoners fleeing the city in panic, women clutching their ‘earthquake gowns’…
1842 – The Terrible Year
Often referred to as the ‘Hungry Decade’, the 1840s was characterised by social unrest, military losses and economic hardship. The year 1842 in particular was fraught with problems, which led to it becoming known as the Terrible Year, arguably the worst of the 19th century.
