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.
Robert Owen, Father of British Socialism
Known as the ‘Father of British Socialism’, Robert Owen was a textile manufacturer turned social reformer, and an early advocate of utopian socialism…
Sir George Cayley, The Father of Aeronatics
Wilbur Wright commented in 1909: “About 100 years ago, an Englishman, Sir George Cayley, carried the science of flight to a point which it had never reached before and which it scarcely reached again during the last century.” Despite being widely regarded as ‘The Father of Aeronautics’, Cayley remains one of the little-known pioneers of aviation…
Fighting Jack Churchill
John Churchill, also known as “Mad Jack” or “Fighting Jack” Churchill, fought heroically during World War Two, armed with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword…
The Loss of the Princess Victoria
The car ferry Princess Victoria, one of the latest drive on/drive off vessels, was lost whilst travelling from Stranraer to Larne on Saturday January 31st 1953 during ‘the great storm’…
The Gurkha Rifles
The Gurkhas are a regiment within the British Army quite distinct from any other. Their name can be traced to the Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath…
Rainhill Trials
Five locomotives, including Stephenson’s’ Rocket, were entered into the Rainhill Trials in October 1829…
The Constitution of the United Kingdom
Many nations around the world govern through a written constitution, which lays out the fundamental laws of the land and rights of the people in one single legal document. So why doesn’t the UK have a written constitution? The answer can be found in our history…
A A Milne War Years
The author A.A. Milne is best known for his lovable creation Winnie-the-Pooh, a bear of very little brain, and his friends Piglet, Eeyore, Owl and Tigger. However some of his work had a darker side, influenced by his first-hand experiences of the horrors of World War One…
Florence Lady Baker
Orphaned as a child, brought up in a harem and then sold at a white slave auction, Florence was only in her early teens when she was ‘liberated’ by a middle-aged English adventurer and explorer who took her with him into deepest Africa in search of the source of the Nile.
