Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th century—over 100 years before textbooks mark the start of the Industrial ...

Dyrham Park, an English country estate nestled among steep hills seven miles north of Bath, fulfills your fantasy of what such a place should be. A house and a dovecote were recorded on the site in ...

Its aristocrats used to gather for “the season” in the summer months (Ascot in June, Lord’s and Henley in July) and for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. This article is more than 3 years old. The British History ...

A faded label suggested the bones had been unearthed at the nearby Beachy Head cliffs sometime in the 1950s, though specific details of the original excavation had been lost to time. What followed was ...

Key point: No matter how good, no military is perfect. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and more than a few that stained British arms. Like the Romans, ...

Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II on the birth of her great grandchild, Prince of Cambridge George Alexander Louis, who is third in line to the throne. Whoever comes after Elizabeth II will have ...

Nothing is as central to the way the British view themselves as the telling and retelling of their gallant fight against the Nazis. Perhaps the colossal figure of Winston Churchill is taken for ...

Until recently, it seemed we, Britons, would do anything to get the attention of the world’s most powerful superpower. Up to and including becoming embroiled in ill-conceived wars in Iraq and ...