No figure is more emblematic of the Victorian era than Queen Victoria herself, whose reign from 1837 to 1901 gave the period its name....

It is startling just how many of Colchester’s streets are casually dotted with pieces of history that thousands walk past unknowingly...

At the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, the world watched as anti-racist demonstrators in Bristol pulled down a statue...

“Whoever comes to me will be free and equal, because I am freedom.” These bold words, uttered by the spirit of Poland (Wolność) in Adam...

On the evening of the 20th of June 1791, five inconspicuously dressed figures exited the Tuileries Palace. These individuals claimed to...

One of the most well-known aspects of the Salem Witch Trials is the seemingly random accusations of witchcraft and the supposed readiness...

Name a country that colonised the New World.   Immediately, I’m sure you’ll think of the Spanish and their conquistadors: Hernán Cortés...

There was much fear and anxiety during the reign of Elizabeth I over what would happen when her reign came to an end. Perhaps...

The lives of Mary Read and her fellow female pirate Anne Bonny were immortalised in Captain Charles Johnson’s A General History of the...

In modern media, many journalists have attempted to identify the European equivalent of Donald Trump. The names often mentioned include...