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The Stuart Monarchs: Kings and Queens of England and Scotland

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Who Was Saint George? Biography of St George, England's Saint, Celebrated 23rd April.

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By: Lesley Arnold-Hopkins

Mounted Police in London: Officers on Horseback Proved Effective in Stopping Crime

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By: Martin Gosling

Queen Anne and the Churchills: The Marlborough Wars That Lead to the Ascendancy of England

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By: Martin Gosling

Glastonbury Tor: The Mysterious Hill in Southern Britain

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By: Darlene Vaillancourt

The Unique Life of Jeffrey Hudson: A Man who Found Success Despite the Incredible Odds Against Him

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Charles I and Personal Rule: The Events Preceding the English Civil War of the 1640s

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Transportation Act of 1718: Indentured Servitude for criminals

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Powerful Lady Anne Clifford: Long Before the Women's Rights Movement, She Fought for Her Rights

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By: Feature Writer Victoria Oldham

Second Only to Saint Patrick: Brian Boru: High King of Ireland

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By: Allan M. Heller

Hadrian's Wall: The Longest Historical Site in Britain

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By: Darlene Vaillancourt

The Thief-Takers: Hunters of the highwayman

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Court of Star Chamber: England's Ill-Defined, yet All-Purpose Court

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Stevenson at Play: & The Yallobally Record

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Nell Gwyn: Mistress of Charles II

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Vizagapatam Toy Soldiers: Britain’s oldest toy soldier set

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The End of the Druids: Romes Destruction in England, Scotland, and Ireland

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By: Anastacia Prisbrey

British Beer: And the British Pub Culture

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

King Edward VIII’s Abdication: The Abdication Crisis of 1936

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Harry Stoker: Hero of Gallipoli, Renowned Actor, and Irish Croquet Champion!

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By: Marc McLoughlin

Origins of the English Civil War: Causes were Religious, Economic and Political but Began with Tyranny

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By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Grace O'Malley, the Early Years: Grainne Mhaol's Life From Childhood to Pirate Chief 1530 - 1565

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By: Marc McLoughlin

Grace O'Malley, Pirate Queen: Grainne Mhaol and the Coming of the English 1565-1577

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By: Marc McLoughlin

James Napper Tandy: Irish Patriot, French Hero, English Rebel

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By: Marc McLoughlin

Sir Patrick Sarsfield: The Irish General who found Love Almost Deadlier than Warfare

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By: Marc McLoughlin

Sir Roger Casement: The Unlikely Irish Martyr Whose Death Hinged on a Comma

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By: Marc McLoughlin

The Duke of Wellington: Arthur Wellesley, Whose True Character Was Revealed by His Boots!

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By: Marc McLoughlin

Watkin's Folly to Wembley Stadium: Wembley's Forgotten History

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By: Frances Spiegel

Matchbox Models of Yesteryear: What Makes these Miniature Diecast Vehicles Collectable?

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By: Frances Spiegel

The life of Colonel Thomas Blood: Rather more than just 'the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels'

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By: Marc McLoughlin

The Re-discovery of the Mary Rose: Henry VIII's Historic Ship

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By: Neil Gunn

Count Theodosius: Fighting the Barbarian Alliance

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Roman Roads: Britain’s first Highways

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Roman Legionary in Britain: His Weapons, Armor, and Equipment

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Roman Conquest of Britain: Emperor Drusus’ Triumph

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Caesar’s 2nd British Invasion: Julius Caesar fights the Celts under Cassivellaunus

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Balfour Declaration: Arthur Balfour - His legacy, conflict between Israel and Palestine?

In: UK/Irish History (general)

By: Neil Gunn

Robert Burns: Scotland's Best Loved Poet on a Tour of the Scottish Borders

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By: Neil Gunn

The First Roman Invasion: Julius Caesar attacks Britain

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Druids: Guardians of Celtic Tradition

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Celtic Warrior in Britain: His Weapons, Equipment, and Armor

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Celtic Invasion: The arrival of the Britons

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

William Blake – 1757 – 1827: Engraver, poet and mystic - one of England’s most important Artists

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By: Frances Spiegel

The Rollright Stones: The Uncountable Standing Stones

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Royal Navy Battlecruisers: In World War I

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Tales from Hermitage Castle: Wizards, Giants, a Red Dwarf and Mary Queen of Scots

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By: Dave McFadzean

Sir Francis Drake: An English Hero, Pirate, and Circumnavigator

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Sir Admiral John Hawkins: An Original Elizabethan Sea Dog

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The survival of King Arthur: Why is a hero who almost certainly didn't exist still so powerful.

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By: John Stuart Reynolds

The Titanic Life of a Hero: A Man Who Lived Like the Main Character in a Boys' Adventure Story

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By: Brian Baker

The Origins of the Black Watch: The Beginnings of the Scottish Highland Regiment

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Argentina Invades the Falklands: The opening moves of the Falklands War

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Britain and the Falklands: How Britain came to own the Falklands

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Horrible Histories: Oxford -Review: The Latest in Terry Deary's Horrible Histories

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

King Ethelred the Unready: Ethelred II had no answer for the Viking Invasions.

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Concorde: British Airways' Supersonic Passenger Jet.

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Battle of Hastings, 1066: William the Conqueror vs. King Harold the Saxon

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Harald Hardrada: The Last of the Vikings

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Tostig Godwinson: Brother and Traitor to the King

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Fulford Gate & Stamford Bridge: The Other Battles of 1066

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

William the Conqueror: Victor at the Battle of Hastings 1066

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

King Harold Godwinson: The Last Anglo-Saxon King of England

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The 1953 Mt Everest Expedition: How Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became legends

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

King Arthur: Legendary King of Camelot

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Dick Turpin: Britian's Greatest Highwayman?

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Hereward the Wake: Early Life, Outlaw, & The attack on Peterborough

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Hereward the Wake at Ely: The Defence of Ely, Later Life, and Death

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Outlaws: Bandits, Bad Guys, and Fugitives in History

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Offa's Dyke: The King of Mercia's Defensive Wall

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Mary Rose: Pride of Henry VIII's Navy

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Augustine of Kent: The lesser known St. Augustine

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Big Ben

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot: The Attempt to Assassinate King James I

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Battle of Guilford Courthouse: General Conrwallis vs. General Nathaniel Greene

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

General Cornwallis: The Man who lost the American Revolution?

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Sword & Gold Beaches Normandy 1944: The British D-Day Landings on Fortress Europe

In: UK/Irish History

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Rorke's Drift: 120 British Redcoats versus 10,000 Zulu Warriors

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

H. G. Wells: Author of The War of the Words, Father of Science-Fiction

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By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

King Alfred the Great: Father of the English Monarchy.

In: UK/Irish History

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

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