Invented by Henry Cole, who sort a way to avoid writing endless Christmas letters to friends and family, the Christmas card ...

Today we associate carols with the school nativity play or in church: shopping malls echo to the sound of Christmas songs ...

Elizabeth I gave her name to a golden age of poets, statesmen and adventurers. Known as the Virgin Queen, or Gloriana, her union with her people became a substitute for the marriage she never made.

Welcome to Historic UK’s Living History Events Diary! One of the most enjoyable ways to experience history first hand is to attend one of the many Living History re-enactments taking place this year.

On 24th November 1859, ‘On The Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin was published: a historically momentous publication that would change the way we view and study science for generations to come.