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.
The 1920s in Britain
The 1920s or the Roaring Twenties was the decade of boom and bust, of flappers and playboys, jazz and the Charleston, Bertie Wooster and the Great Gatsby, the General Strike and Wall Street Crash.
The British Tommy, Tommy Atkins
The British ‘Tommy’ is a term used and recognised all around the world. But who was the original ‘Tommy Atkins’…
World War One – The Western Front
The Western Front during World War One. This was trench warfare at its most grim; death, misery, deadlock…
Historic March
View our list of historic events that occurred in March, including the British fighter plane Spitfire mading its first test flight from…
Historic December
View our list of historic events that occurred in December, including the British engineer Christopher Cockerell patenting a new kind of vehicle. Half-ship and…
Frederick Prince of Wales
Poor Fred! English history records several members of its Royal family dying in peculiar circumstances. But the strangest death must be that of Frederick, Prince of Wales who died after being hit with a cricket-ball…
The King’s Speech
Perhaps you have seen the Oscar winning film, now you can view the original transcript of the King’s Speech, which was sent to Scotland Yard in 1939, announcing that Britain was going to war…
