Dust off your tricorne hats and brace yourselves, time travellers, because we’re heading to Whitehall Palace, London, on a cold morning in January 1649, to witness one of the most pivotal moments in British history. Charles I, the King of…
Grab your helmets and brace yourselves, time travellers, because we’re venturing north to the rugged Shetland Islands for Lerwick’s Up Helly Aa, the largest Viking fire festival in Europe. Held annually on the last Tuesday of January, this fiery extravaganza…
Brush off your Tudor finery and prepare to curtsy, time travellers, because we’re heading to Peterborough, England, for the Katherine of Aragon Festival, an annual event held each January to commemorate the life and legacy of Henry VIII’s first wife.…
Pack your trench coats and prepare for a stroll through the intrigue of 20th-century British politics, time travellers, because we’re heading to London, on January 30, 1915, to witness the birth of John Profumo. A man whose life spanned wartime…
Grab your royalist cloaks and your steadiest quills, time travellers, as we journey to Windsor Castle, the historic site linked to the martyrdom of King Charles I. While the execution of the ill-fated monarch took place at Whitehall in 1649,…
Brush up your rhetoric and pack your revolutionary zeal, time travellers, because we’re heading to Thetford, Norfolk, on January 29, 1737, to witness the birth of Thomas Paine, one of history’s most influential political thinkers, pamphleteers, and agents of change.…
Hoist the sails and pack your sextants, time travellers, because we’re voyaging to the Caribbean, to Portobelo Bay, Panama, on January 29, 1596, to witness the solemn yet dramatic burial at sea of England’s most legendary adventurer: Sir Francis Drake.…
Dust off your explorer’s hat and ready your journal, time travellers, because we’re journeying to Denbigh, Wales, on January 28, 1841, to witness the birth of one of history’s most intriguing and controversial figures: Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Known for…
Polish your boots and prepare to step into the light, time travellers, because we’re heading to London, England, on January 28, 1807, the night the city became the first in the world to be illuminated by gas streetlights. This revolutionary…
Pack your pocket watches and sharpen your wits, time travellers, because we’re journeying to Daresbury, Cheshire, on January 27, 1832, to witness the birth of one of literature’s most enigmatic figures: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known to the world as…
