The 2017 film 'Victoria and Abdul' highlights the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria and her Indian Muslim servant ...

Welcome to our selection of country houses and historic hotels across the UK. All the hotels listed are in heritage buildings, some are located deep in the countryside, some in in our historic towns ...

During the long period of the 18th century Continental Wars, the shortage of able-bodied men for home service, coupled with official corruption, allowed smugglers to do very much as they liked, and so ...

Welcome to Historic UK’s Living History Events Diary! One of the most enjoyable ways to experience history first hand is to attend one of the many Living History re-enactments taking place this year.

The ancient seaport of Whitby, Yorkshire is a beautiful and picturesque natural harbour situated on England’s North East Coast. It is essentially a town of two parts divided by the River Esk, and ...

Roch Castle Roch, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Roch Castle sits high above the Pembrokeshire landscape offering panoramic views over St Brides Bay and the Preseli Hills. Choose a bed and ...

The 1948 London Olympic Games became known as the “Austerity Olympics”. No one tried to hide the fact the games would be delivered on a shoe-string budget. They embraced it enthusiastically and with ...

Today it is common knowledge that Edward II enjoyed the company of both men and women, not that it mattered much in the fourteenth century; God’s anointed were free to make love to whomever they ...

Here you will find grouped together articles and features about witches, fairies and monsters in British folklore. The Pendle Witches Perhaps the most notorious witch trial of the 16th Century. In the ...

“There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as a good tavern or inn.” So wrote Samuel Johnson and for many, this remains true today. Think of an ...

Ask any American who grew up in the 1950s and 60s who the best cook he or she knows is, and they will almost certainly reply, “My mom”. Ask any English person of a similar age and they will almost ...

Falkirk in Scotland is home to The Kelpies, the largest equine sculpture in the world. Unveiled in April 2014, these 30-metre high horse-head sculptures are situated in Helix Park near the M9 Motorway ...