Who are the British? Do they really drink tea, eat roast beef and Yorkshire pudding and never leave home without an umbrella? Find out more about true Brits; past and present, myth and legend, fact and fiction.
Sandringham Time was half an hour ahead of GMT. King Edward VII instigated this to allow him to hunt longer…
The story of how two small children with green skin arrived in the Suffolk village of Woolpit in the 12th century…
Have you ever wondered why the British drive on the left? There is actually a real historical reason for this;…
The Children’s Encyclopedia was published in eight volumes in 1910 and gives us a fascinating insight into the world of…
John Constable was born in Suffolk in 1776 and is one of Britain’s most famous landscape artists.
Thomas Hardy novelist and poet, his life and work.
Lamplugh Register of (Unusual) Deaths 1656 to 1663
Peter O’Donoghue of The College of Arms explains the history behind coats of arms.
The stagecoach was the most popular mode of transport for people and goods in Britain in the 17th, 18th and…
The life of Jane Austen, author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Emma’, ‘Sense and Sensibility’…