Looking at History

George Canning had already held the post between 1807 and 1809. Only his unwillingness to serve with Castlereagh prevented his reappointmen...

Continuity of settlement over centuries was a feature of growing importance in Ancient Britain but some sites have evidence of settlement ov...

The Neolithic village of Skara Brae was revealed during the winter of 1850 when a particularly ferocious storm battered Orkney. The combinat...

We all like to know where we’ve come from. Origin myths are important for all peoples. Until the sixteenth century, the two most influential...

Following the immense success of both the radio series and the book A History of the World in 100 Objects , I thought that I might have a go...