The History of Britain Magazine
Welcome to the History of Britain! The home nations share a varied and shared history unlike anywhere else, so we thought it only right to create a section dedicated to our mutual heritage.
The Coronation Ceremony 2023
On 6th May 2023 the nation will witness its first coronation in 70 years, as King Charles III and Queen Camilla are crowned in Westminster…
The Coronation of King Charles III
The coronation of King Charles III will take place on May 6th 2023. Her Majesty Queen Camilla will be crowned alongside her husband in an…
The British Empire’s Role In Ending Slavery Worldwide
We hear much of the UK’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, but little or no mention is made of the pivotal role Britain also played in its suppression worldwide…
Wrens, Wargames and the Battle of the Atlantic
How Captain Gilbert Roberts R. N. and his small group of young Wrens used war games to develop tactics to outsmart German U-boats and so win the Battle of the Atlantic…
Richard Arkwright
The archetypal “self-made man” of the Industrial Revolution, Richard Arkwright is known as the father of the factory…
The West Africa Squadron
Between 1807 and 1860, the Royal Navy’s West Africa Squadron attacked and seized approximately 1,600 ships involved in the international slave trade, and freed around 150,000 Africans…
Ellen and William Craft
“It was not until we stepped ashore at Liverpool that we were free from every slavish fear”. This is how William Craft described the moment he and his wife Ellen arrived in England after a perilous journey to freedom from slavery in America…
Howard Carter and the Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb
“Can you see anything?” “Yes, wonderful things!”
Howard Carter’s famous words as he peered into the treasure-filled tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun…
1919: Riots, Rebellions and Strikes
The Great War had ended. Millions of fighting men had returned home to find much changed, whilst those in camps waiting to be demobbed were bored and chaffed against the discipline they thought obsolete. Mutiny was in the air. At home there was class division, economic hardship and racial tension. In Europe there had been rebellion and the rise of communism in Russia. Feelings were high and spilled over onto the streets of Britain…
