The History of Britain Magazine
Welcome to the History of Britain! The home nations share a varied and shared history unlike anywhere else, so we thought it only right to create a section dedicated to our mutual heritage.
Lewes Snow Drop 1836
The deadliest avalanche in British history took place, not in the mountains of Scotland or Wales as you may expect, but in 1836 in the town of Lewes, Sussex, just a few miles from the south coast of England…
A Victorian Christmas
Christmas trees, carol singers, Christmas cards, Santa Claus and crackers – integral parts of a traditional Christmas, but why? The Victorians…
The Dickin Medal
The Dickin Medal has been called the Animal VC and is awarded by the charity PDSA in recognition of extreme bravery by animals.
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill: iconic wartime leader, twice Prime Minister, author, amateur artist and enthusiastic bricklayer…
Gertrude Fenn – Nurses in the Frontline
During World War One, along with a small group of similarly strong-minded British nurses, Gertrude Fenn became one of the first British women to care for Indian soldiers, not on the Western Front but in the searing desert heat of Mesopotamia…
Vera Brittain and the Shell-Shocked Women of World War One
80,000 cases of shell shock – a forebear of modern Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – were reported by the British Army between 1914 and 1918. As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, Jobe Close discusses the largely overlooked female experience of shell shock…
T. E. Lawrence of Arabia
Thomas Edward (T.E) Lawrence, more popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, was born at Tremadoc in North Wales …
Nurses at War: At and After Dunkirk
The story of the brave men rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk in May and June 1940 is well known, but less often told is the story of the nurses on the hospital ships that brought thousands of wounded servicemen back to the safety of England…