England

When Samuel Pepys’ diary was first published 200 years ago it was an instant hit, but rumours soon spread about what had been cut and why.

In Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain, Sam Wetherell discovers a city of slavery, ships, soccer, and socialism, whose fortunes rose and fell with the tide.

On the 250th anniversary of her birth, Jane Austen still has lessons for readers of history.

Queen James: The Life and Loves of Britain’s First King by Gareth Russell illuminates the inner life and passions of James VI and I.

Thieves, cheats, and scoundrels. How did early modern millers get their bad reputations?

King Charles I’s execution in 1649 turned the world upside down – were other outcomes possible?

Eager to be first in line, the astute James VI of Scotland responded to the question of the English succession with a war of words.

A male heir might have saved Queen Mary’s reign, and changed the shape of global Catholicism for good.

Less famous than its 1215 predecessor, the Magna Carta of 1225 held the true power.

The monks of Peterborough told strange tales of the Wild Hunt. Were they ghostly apparitions or wishful thinking?