The Industrial Revolution
Britain was the world’s first nation to undergo an industrial revolution. It took place from approximately 1760 to 1840. Prior to this […]
Britain was the world’s first nation to undergo an industrial revolution. It took place from approximately 1760 to 1840. Prior to this […]
King Henry VIII (1491-1547) was married six times. Two of those marriages were annulled and two of the wives were beheaded. All […]
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) was the world’s first animal welfare charity. Founded in 1824 as […]
Sir Frank Whittle (1907-96) invented the turbojet engine. A brilliant mathematician and engineer, he became an RAF officer in his twenties. He […]
A house-warming party (or flat-warming party) is not quite so common nowadays, when family members no longer necessarily live near each other. […]
The role of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (the Treasury) is to raise revenue by taxation, duties and borrowing, control how that […]
The King James Bible is also known as the ‘King James Version‘, as it is one of many attempts at translating, editing […]
To be ‘in dire straits’ means to be in a poor state, but many people would instead think of the massively successful […]
The Protestant Church of Scotland (CofS) is the largest religion in Scotland and was formed in 1560, after The Reformation. It follows […]
It is said that the Welsh Prince Madoc went on a voyage of discovery and found North America, either in 1170 or […]
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