Perkin Warbeck – Prince or Pauper?
By Will Barber Taylor Perkin Warbeck is perhaps one of the most well known but reviled aspect of Tudor history. He has become part of the accepted myth of Tudor […]
Category Archives: Historical Articles
Harry, England and Saint George! The Battle of Agincourt 600 Years On
By Will Barber Taylor We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so […]
The Stuarts: Political Propaganda or Lack of Focus?
By Will Barber – Taylor Recently BBC Two aired a documentary series entitled The Stuarts. First airing on BBC Two Scotland back in January and February, the series […]
The Music That Made Britain – Patriotism, Pleasure And Perfection In The 18th century Episode One Broadcast Date
Britain in the 18th century was an age of extremes: an era of elegance, roaring trade and enlightened idealism. At the same time it also suffered from depravity and […]
Eighteenth Century Britain: Majesty, Music And Mischief, a new season across BBC Two, BBC Four and Radio 3
The BBC has unveiled full details of Eighteenth Century Britain: Majesty, Music and Mischief, a major new season exploring the extraordinary transformation that took place across the arts throughout the […]
Landmark archive added to BBC’s World War One programming
The BBC announced today that it will be showing two of the most important series ever made about World War One – The Great War, whose 26 episodes were […]
500 Years On: The Battle of Flodden
500 years ago today was the last time a King of any part of Britain died in Battle. The King in question was not Richard the Third of England but […]
New History Series For BBC 2 Announced
From the Ancient Egyptians to Cold War Britain, BBC Two Controller Janice Hadlow today announces a range of new history programming. Janice Hadlow says: “It’s an exciting time for history […]
Body confirmed to be that of Richard The Third, The Last Plantagenet King of England
A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park has been confirmed as that of English king Richard III. Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched […]
Prehistoric Autopsy- Dissected
The new three part series from BBC Two examines the origins of the human race. The first episode dealt with Neanderthals our distant cousins. It examines their speech patterns and […]
The Consulting Detective 