“A Prophet Before Her Time:” Beatrice Potter Webb, Part 1: Beatrice Webb’s Life Up...
Few political thinkers have influenced British society and politics in the 20th Century as much as Beatrice Potter Webb. She was a prodigious scholar,...
Life in Regency England, Part 3: Summer Resorts
Remaining in London once the Season was over was a serious faux pas-no members of society were willing to be seen in London once...
How To Marry An English Lord: The Uniting of British Lords and American Heiresses
Winston Churchill was, among other things, an accomplished historian and writer, writing several books during his lifetime. Four of these: his four-volume A History...
The Religious Landscape of the Druids
Iron Age religious rituals impacted little on the landscape. But archaeology offers tantalising clues to the spiritual beliefs and practices of the Druids.
Historical Views...
General Cornwallis
General Cornwallis remains one of Britian's most debated military commanders.
Lord General Charles Cornwallis was born on New Year’s Eve 1738, the eldest son to...
“A Prophet Before Her Time:” Beatrice Potter Webb, Part 3: The Aftermath, 1909-1947
In late 1908, Beatrice began writing her landmark Minority Report. In it she wrote that people became poor
...from a variety of causes, from old...
A Crusade For Peace: George Lansbury’s Worldwide Trip for Peace, 1936-37
George Lansbury was perhaps the greatest idealist of his generation. He was an absolute pacifist who believed sincerely that war was the greatest evil...
The Boer War (1899-1902): Britain’s Wakeup Call
In 1886, gold was discovered in the Transvaal region of South Africa, an area then populated mostly by Afrikaans speaking Boers, descendents of the...
Freemasonry in England: A Short History
A succinct insight into the history of Freemasonry in England; from its origins in the Middle Ages to present day principles.
Though the exact time...
Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey is a beautiful country abbey, formerly the home of William Henry Fox Talbot, a pioneer of early photography.
The astonishing Lacock Abbey is...