history

Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain said this country was ‘not built by immigrants’ and was schooled into next year

‘What’s a glaring historical inaccuracy that’s often said and really annoys you?’ – 23 ‘facts’ from the past that people always get wrong

‘What’s a bizarre piece of history that sounds completely made up but is 100% real?’ – 21 strange but true happenings from the past

Someone asked people to share ‘mind blowing history perspective facts’ – 15 fascinating nuggets

This guide to ‘decoding English place names’ is a truly fascinating journey through history

‘Who is a bad guy in history who actually wasn’t a bad guy?’ – 13 leading nominations

This 1940s leaflet to persuade employers to take a chance on women is half patronising sexism and half great advice for anyone’s boss

‘Wow, people really used to do that 50 years ago’ – 16 ‘normal’ things in 2025, that by 2075 will be seen as barbaric

‘What was the biggest waste of money in human history?’ – 17 times money was spaffed up the tallest of walls

People have been sharing the historical facts they weren’t taught in school – 17 pieces of the past that might have passed you by

Experts have recreated how Richard III might have sounded – and it’s nothing like Laurence Olivier

People have been sharing their most tenuous historical claims to fame – 17 eye-opening links to the past

This passer-by’s most British of corrections about ‘London Bridge’ had Americans proper fuming

This list of causes of death of people in London in 1632 went wildly viral and it’s a grimly fascinating read

This viral thread explaining why Madrid is the capital of Spain is an unexpectedly riveting read