Shrovetide football is an ancient, rough and chaotic ball game played on Shrove Tuesday, involving two rival teams of local ...

A powerhouse of intellectual enlightenment and a champion of modernity, Queen Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a ...

The Calcutta Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the England versus Scotland rugby union match which takes place during the annual Six Nations Championship – also currently known as the ...

The last Sunday before Advent is ‘Stir-up Sunday’, the day when traditionally families gather together to prepare the Christmas pudding. This year that will be Sunday 23rd November 2025. The day does ...

Christmas is now firmly behind us but we still find ourselves in the depths of a bleak midwinter, at least if you live in the northern hemisphere. Here in the UK, we are in the grip of a January cold ...

There are plenty of famous and historic places in Britain. But history can also be quiet, local, and forgotten to all but a few – and the exaggerated, mythologised tales of early saints are one of the ...

How can we help you? Need a jousting knight or a rollicking Roman gladiator? Want to promote your historical publication, event or local attraction? We welcome enquiries from individuals, museums, ...

Mention the Great Train Robbery and everyone assumes that you mean the one in 1963, when a group of robbers including Ronnie Biggs, held up the Glasgow to London mail train. However there was another ...