Monarchs of Northumbria. Discover the story of the kings of Northumbria from Oswiu ( c. 654 – c. 670 AD ) to Ælla ( c. 862 – ...

30th January 2025 from St James’s Palace to Horse Guards, London Around 500 members of English Civil War Society will be marching through central London to commemorate the death of King Charles I in ...

Henry VIII is famous for his six wives. But do we know what they looked like? The actual likeness of Catherine Howard, wife ...

7th and 8th, 14th and 15th December 2024 at The Mary Rose, Main Road, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 3PY Immerse yourself in the world of Henry VIII’s Tudor court with this wonderfully ...

To many people on the UK mainland and beyond, the Shetland and Orkney Islands are ‘somewhere up at the top’ of the map of Great Britain. In fact the Shetland Isles are located in the North Atlantic, ...

After defeating the Germans in Normandy in 1944, and ‘swanning’ through Belgium, the Allied armies were fighting to liberate Holland in the winter months of 1944. Beginning on 22nd October 1944, ...

Became king following the death of his brother Æthelbald. Like his brother and his father, Aethelbert (pictured above) was crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames. Shortly after his succession a Danish army ...

The Battle of Edgehill took place on 23rd October 1642 and was the first battle of the English Civil War. In 1642, after considerable constitutional disagreements between the government and King ...

The attack on Spanish port of Cartagena during the War of Jenkin's Ear was a total catastrophe for Britain. The death of the ...