Eleven million. That's roughly the number of objects the Science Museum Group cares for across its sites, and almost none of them are on display at any ...

A new memorial celebrating the author of The Lord of the Rings will be unveiled in Spring 2027, reuniting Tolkien with his close friend C.S. Lewis in one - British Heritage, British Literature, JRR ...

This is Episode 2 of a special six-part Jane Austen series, sponsored throughout by Strictly Jane Austen. Today's episode has duels fought over a runaway - Anglotopia Podcast, British Literature, ...

Everything we have written about Gold Hill and Shaftesbury in Dorset — the Hovis advert, Christmas on the hill, Updown Cottage, our podcasts, and the return we are making in January 2027.

Bonfire Night stands as one of Britain's most distinctive and enduring traditions, a celebration that has captivated the nation for over four centuries. - British Heritage, British History, ...

There are cities that look good in photographs and disappoint in person, and there are cities that no photograph can adequately capture. Edinburgh is emphatically in the second category. The first ...

London has more world-class universities than most countries, but four institutions in particular stand out as magnets for ambitious American students: University College London, King’s College London ...

For most Americans, the words “Oxford” and “Cambridge” conjure images from period dramas and Harry Potter: stone quadrangles bathed in golden light, gowned scholars gliding through cloisters, ancient ...

The Women’s Institute A Pillar of Civil Society Key Facts Began in 1915 in a village in Wales Directly developed from the original Canadian model A - British Heritage, British History, Britishness, ...

Created by Edward Johnston and Eric Gill Broke with Victorian ornate and grotesque styles of lettering Used by the London Underground and British Rail Became symbolic of modernity, even today ...

Before there were black cabs, before there were individual motorcars owned by ordinary families, there was public transportation. And in Britain, public transportation meant buses. The double-decker ...

How to trace your British and Irish ancestors — where to start, the records that matter, the 1921 census, wartime service files and newspaper archives, plus our two-part genealogy podcast series.