Queen Elizabeth I set all the trends at court - including her sugar-rotted teeth. Famous for her love of sugar and all things sweet, the queen’s blackened teeth became a beauty trend, with some people ...

Queen Victoria had a majestic sixty-three-year reign but despite this, she was not universally loved. While some people protested against her, others had a slightly more radical method. From Edward ...

Lucozade! Many baby boomers will remember this sparkling, lurid-coloured drink when the glass bottle still came wrapped in crinkly cellophane. This iconic tonic only appeared when a child was ill in ...

With thanks to The Times Archive I’m fascinated with today’s news from the past. The articles and adverts tell us what was important to society that particular day. You meet characters, events and ...

Being a chimney sweep, or climbing boy as they were often called, was a harsh and dangerous profession. Those employed were often orphans or from impoverished backgrounds, sold into the job by their ...

Chatsworth House in Derbyshire's Peak District, is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. Open to the public, this magnificent country house is set in over 1000 acres of parkland and formal ...

You may not have heard of it, but The Pilgrimage of Grace was the single largest rebellion in Tudor history and took place in the North of England between October 1536 and January 1537. The common ...

The Battle of Waterloo in 1815 is one of the great events in British history. This decisive battle ended the French Emperor Napoleon I's bid to dominate Europe, a war which had lasted some 23 years ...

St Dunstan was a prominent English religious figure during the Anglo-Saxon period and became a significant advisor to many of the kings of Wessex, helping to initiate monastic reforms and influence ...

We hear much of the UK’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, but little or no mention is made of the pivotal role Britain also played in its suppression worldwide ...

Punks, glam rockers, New Romantics: quirky fashion crazes they may be, but nowhere near as outlandish, and frankly as ridiculous as the Macaronis of mid to late 18th century Britain ...

These are the famous words of Howard Carter at the moment when he discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. On 26th November 1922, the British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard ...