Historic UK Blog
Odds, sods and everything in-between; welcome to the Historic UK blog! On these pages you’ll find top 10 lists of our favourite holiday cottages and historic hotels, side projects from the Historic UK team, as well as general musings from our writers.
Cambridge Tiger
It is rare today in the aviation world to fly in an open cockpit. Why would anyone want to, when modern commercial and light aircraft…
Save our Stories: Their Finest Hour
A project entitled Their Finest Hour is currently underway to establish a national archive of memories and mementoes from the Second World War, with the…
A Reenactor’s Story
You could say that my personal re-enactment story started as a child. I was not only influenced by my father, who enjoyed competitive pistol shooting…
In Memory of Harry & HMS Glorious
In memory of Corporal Ralph Henry Neale 542013 RAF, died 10 June 1040 age 26yrs. Corporal Ralph Henry Neale My father wakes in the night,…
Falling Like Statues
Falling Like Statues? By Brian Penn, feature writer and popular arts critic. The brutal murder of George Floyd in 2020 sparked a wave of protests…
The history behind Netflix’s “Viking: Valhalla”
Landing in their longships on Netflix this Friday (February 25, 2022), is The History Channel’s ‘Vikings’ spin-off, ‘Vikings: Valhalla’. CREDIT: Netflix/Bernard Walsh Set 125 years…
Middletons Hotel, York – A Historic UK Review
We were lucky enough to stay at Middletons on our recent trip to York, thanks to the kind folks at Visit York. Opened in 1973,…
The Oldest Pubs and Inns in England
“There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as a good tavern or inn.” So wrote…
