England

School bell with wooden handle isolated on white background.

Q&A Why do we say 'saved by the bell'?

Photo of cherry bakewells

Q&A Is the Bakewell tart really from Bakewell?

Trees and snow. Photo taken by British photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews as part of her series focussing on the locations at which individuals were shot during the First World War.

Shot at dawn: the First World War soldiers executed for desertion and cowardice

King Alfred The Great's statue designed by Hamo Thornycroft and erected in 1899 stands at the eastern end of the Broadway in Winchester, Hampshire, England. (Photo by Tony Baggett/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Q&A How many English kings were known as ‘the Great’?

The Stygian Lake in the Fifth Circle of Hell from from Dante’s epic poem 'The Inferno'. The phrase

Q&A Why do we say ‘Paint the town red’?

Portrait of Henry VIII

Q&A Which of Henry VIII’s wives was his best match?

The princes in the Tower

Did Richard III murder the princes in the Tower? You debate

Tracy Borman’s Tudor quiz

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Portrait of Miranda Kaufmann. (Image by Jeni Nott)

History explorer: Africans in Tudor and Stuart Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Palace of Westminster

Q&A Why do we call the British government ‘Whitehall’?

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British film director Alfred Hitchcock perched on either arm in a promotional still for his film, 'The Birds', c1963. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of Mount Grace Priory

Q&A https://www.historyextra.com/period/what-was-a-charterhouse/

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Louis VIII

Q&A Are there any rulers of England that don’t appear on the usual lists? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of Clifford Tower in York

Q&A What was the Pilgrimage of Grace?

Photo of Lincoln Cathedral

Q&A What overtook the Great Pyramid of Giza as the tallest manmade structure?