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.
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…
The Female Spies of the SOE
After France signed an armistice with Germany in June 1940, Great Britain feared the shadow of Nazism would continue to fall over Europe. Dedicated to…
Mungo Park
Mungo Park was a Scottish physician and explorer, who in the 18th century travelled thousands of miles within deepest Africa, surviving native attacks, fever and imprisonment – he was even mistakenly presumed dead…
The Marvellous Life of Roald Dahl
Born in Wales in 1916, the life story of Roald Dahl reads like a film script…
