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While Singapore had been a trading hub since the 14th century, it first really appeared on the British radar in the 19th century when statesman Stamford Raffles successfully negotiated to establish a ...

There are plenty of famous and historic places in Britain. But history can also be quiet, local, and forgotten to all but a few – and the exaggerated, mythologised tales of early saints are one of the ...

Mention the Great Train Robbery and everyone assumes that you mean the one in 1963, when a group of robbers including Ronnie Biggs, held up the Glasgow to London mail train. However there was another ...

The last Sunday before Advent is ‘Stir-up Sunday’, the day when traditionally families gather together to prepare the Christmas pudding. This year that will be Sunday 23rd November 2025. The day does ...

On 5 February 1811, George, Prince of Wales, was declared Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The new Prince Regent had been waiting for this moment for a very long time. Over ...

Christmas is now firmly behind us but we still find ourselves in the depths of a bleak midwinter, at least if you live in the northern hemisphere. Here in the UK, we are in the grip of a January cold ...

In March 1987, the ferry The Herald of Free Enterprise sank off Zeebrugge with the loss of 188 lives. This great tragedy occurred because the roll-on/roll-off ferry had sailed with its bow doors open, ...

Never before, or since, has a king met such an untimely end like Charles I. He was proclaimed king in 1625 upon his father’s death and spent the entirety of his reign in conflict with his parliament.

Radio Rentals, DER, Rediffusion, Granada, Visionhire, Martin Dawes and Thorn Television Rentals were all well-known names on the 1970s British High Street that have now all but disappeared. At its ...