BATTLE OF SOMOSIERRA

Welcome

Tesla examining machine parts in front of sketches

Defining Moments

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GUTENBERG’S PRINTING PRESS DID NOT SUCCEED?

How reform could have been stifled and the empowerment of literacy controlled by the elites of Church and State

CELEBRATING THE NHS

A new book commemorates 75 years of the National Health Service in Britain 

REVIEWS

THE GALLOWS POLE

Hitler’s Elite

Out now!

RECOMMENDS… Bismarck’s War

Out now!

HISTORY VS HOLLYWOOD

THE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE

SHELL BREAD

SWEET SHELL-SHAPED CAKES, ENGLAND, 1617 -PRESENT

Key Events

1603 ASCENSION OF JAMES I James I, the

ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

London, UK 1675 - present

ROUNDHEAD CAVALRYMAN

England 1642-1651

COFFEE POT

During the reign of the Stuarts, coffee became a popular beverage of high society Britain, 1702

GREAT MINDS OF THE STUART ERA

Too often ignored in favour of their Tudor cousins, the Stuarts are the real forefathers of the modern world!

BRITAIN IN TURMOIL

Dr Clare Jackson discusses why Britain was viewed as a ‘failed state’ during the Stuart period of instability

STUART HOUSES AND ARCHITECTURE

Discover the centuries of fascinating history behind these beautiful Stuart buildings

TESLA

The tormented genius who electrified the scientific world

THE FORGOTTEN EMPIRE

Mark Healy reveals why the Assyrian Empire was a power to be reckoned with

The Soong Sisters

How three women’s influence went on to change the course of Chinese history

SECRET SOCIETIES

Are there secretive groups of people lurking in the shadows who have changed the course of history?

GALILEO vs The Inquisition

How the revered astronomer went head to head with the might of the Catholic Church

GOING UNDERGROUND

The hidden world under London revealed thanks to the London Transport Museum