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 Great British Seaside Holiday
The great British seaside holiday came into its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, now affordable to many through paid annual leave (thanks to the Holiday Pay Act 1938)…
RMS Lusitania
On the morning of May 1st 1915 the Lusitania left New York behind. Bound for Liverpool, few of the near two thousand passengers paid any…
James Bruce
James Bruce was a Scottish writer and traveller, whose legacy remains shrouded in rumour and false accusations…
VE Day
VE Day. On May 8th 1945, the Allies celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler’s Reich, formally recognising the end of the Second World War in Europe….
Empire Day
The words “Empire Day” summon up an image of a motherly Queen Victoria presiding over an Empire which spanned almost a quarter of the entire globe. However it was not until after the death of Queen Victoria that Empire Day was first celebrated…
Dr Livingstone I presume?
Linguist, doctor, missionary and explorer, Dr Livingstone is a legend among travellers and adventurers…
Evacuation of Dunkirk
‘Retreat to Victory’. The evacuation of more than 300,000 Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, between May 26th and June 4th 1940…