From Britain's distant Viking past right up to the D-Day landings, here are 15 of the most common misconceptions that many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. This article is more than 3 years old. The British History ...

Britain has been shaped by turmoil between its nations, and tension between state and church. But centuries of conflict would forge the power at the heart of the largest empire the world has ever seen ...

Therefore, Unbothered has curated seven must-read Black British history books that challenge the distorted depictions of our past and have marred our understanding of a people, and more personally, ...

Explore all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline. Browse hundreds of key events and discover how the ...

This year’s Reith lecturer is the historian and activist Rutger Bregman. Given the way things work in the BBC, ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...

Harewood House has a troubled history, but, like many other buildings in Britain, this past is not obvious at first. The 18th century Yorkshire country house, with its opulent rooms full of exquisite ...

"We have existed in Britain and been pioneers, inventors, icons. And then colonialism happened, and that has shaped the experiences of black people - but that is not all we are." These are the words ...

Stonehenge was built by black people, a new children's history book has claimed. Readers of Brilliant Black British History, by the Nigerian-born British author Atinuke, are told the neolithic ...

The recent death of an African-American man called George Floyd has sparked lots of conversations about racism and how it can be tackled. Celebrities like George the Poet have highlighted the ...