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Malta: 'The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier' of WWII
Malta is located in the Mediterranean sea just beyond Sicily, between Europe and Africa; its warm climate and beautiful islands make it a perfect hol…
3 years, 6 months ago
Elizabeth II: A Princess At War
As a mark of respect and remembrance to the late Queen Elizabeth II, we've chosen to focus on Her Majesty's personal history as a veteran of the Seco…
3 years, 6 months ago
Elizabeth II: The Making of the Queen
Queen Elizabeth II has died after 70 years on the British throne. Born in April 1926, Elizabeth Windsor became heir apparent, aged 10, when her uncle…
3 years, 6 months ago
Not Just the Tudors Lates: Elizabeth I on Screen - The Historians’ Verdict
What do you get when you bring together five top historians in a room with bottles of Prosecco to debate Elizabeth I on screen? History with the glov…
3 years, 6 months ago
A Short History of Humans
Why are humans the only species to have escaped – only very recently – the subsistence trap, allowing us to enjoy a standard of living that vastly ex…
3 years, 6 months ago
Atoms and X-rays: Experiments That Changed History
For millennia, people have obsessed over questions about the nature of matter in our universe. Then, by the turn of the twentieth century, we believe…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Man Who Rebuilt the Faces of WW1
The mechanised warfare of the First World War brought unprecedented new levels of firepower and destruction to the battlefield and with it horrific n…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Great Fire of London
In the early hours of September 2, 1666, a small fire broke out on the ground floor of a baker's house in Pudding Lane. In five days that small fire …
3 years, 6 months ago
Taiwan: China's Ukraine?
Located just 100 miles off the coast of mainland China, the nation of Taiwan sits in the so-called 'first island chain' - a group of US-friendly terr…
3 years, 6 months ago
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is one of the most famous legends of British history, but did he exist and if so who was he? Gareth Morgan, Learning Development Officer a…
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