General Charles Cornwallis is best known for his part in the British defeat at Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War ...

A British Army intelligence officer, John André was hanged as a spy at Tappan, New York, on Oct. 2nd 1780 on the orders of ...

In 1781, American and French forces under George Washington laid siege to the British army at Yorktown. This would become the most decisive battle of the American Revolutionary ...

The campaigns in Italy in 1943 and 1944 were tough and bloody ones, with some of the most brutal engagements of the Second ...

The list of British Naval heroes is a long and illustrious one, including the likes of Drake, Nelson, Rodney, Hood and of course Thomas Cochrane. Thomas who, you may ask? You may perhaps be more ...

One of the most defining features of the county of Nottinghamshire is Sherwood Forest which is a woodland and former royal hunting ground, perhaps most commonly known as the location for the legendary ...

Is William Blake’s ‘Jerusalem’ a patriotic expression of Englishness – or a parody of the nationalistic fervour of the Napoleonic War era? This poem is best known as the hymn “Jerusalem”, with music ...

Coats of arms, those colourful trappings of medieval chivalry, are still very much part of our modern world and those with an interest in family history very often find them increasingly alluring, if ...

It is not known when the ravens first came to the Tower of London, but their presence there is surrounded by myth and legend. Unusually for birds of ill omen, the future of both Country and Kingdom ...

When St. Andrew was being crucified by the Romans in A.D. 60, he met his end on a ‘saltire’, or X-shaped cross (St. Andrew’s cross) which became his symbol. Two separate legends help to explain the ...

Welcome to our selection of historic accommodation in London and the Home Counties. Our listings include historic hotels, cosy inns, country cottages in the Home Counties, apartments in London, bed ...

Dominating the skyline in this part of the beautiful county of Somerset you will find dramatic Glastonbury Tor. In Glastonbury, history, myth and legend combine in such a way that most visitors cannot ...