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The Historic UK History Magazine features hundreds of articles, videos, and interactive maps to explore. We also add a wealth of new content every in every update. Historic UK is one of the largest on-line history magazines in the UK, showcasing our heritage and architecture.
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2w ago
Back in the 1930s a blockbuster movie was made which reappears almost every year on the Christmas TV schedule. It tells the true story of the famous Mutiny on the Bounty that took place in 1789 ..read more
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2w ago
The Unicorn, National Animal of Scotland The unicorn: a mystical beast, representing both purity and innocence, power and ferocity, adopted as the national animal of Scotland in the 1300s. The unicorn is also the natural enemy of the lion, adopted by English royalty some 100 years before ..read more
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1M ago
In 978 a young English king was assassinated, less than three years into his reign. That king would become known as Edward the Martyr ..read more
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1M ago
Join us in celebrating St Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall, and his feast day on the 5th March ..read more
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2M ago
During the fighting and immediately afterward, civilians were murdered, enemy soldiers decapitated, prisoners burnt alive, hospital patients slaughtered where they lay. Winston Churchill described the fall of Singapore as “the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history ..read more
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2M ago
St Teilo was a 6th century monk and bishop, and an early Welsh Saint. The patron saint of fruit trees and horses, his feast day is celebrated on 9 February. St. Teilo is most famous today for what is supposed to have happened after his death ..read more
Historic UK
2M ago
The history of the St. Valentine’s Day celebrations appears to have its roots in a pagan fertility festival known as Lupercalia. Celebrated in ancient Rome between 13 – 15 February, the festival is said to have involved lots of naked folk running through the streets spanking the backsides of young women with leather whips, supposedly to ..read more
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2M ago
The pancake has a very long history and featured in cookery books as far back as 1439. In the UK, pancake races form an important part of the Shrove Tuesday celebrations – an opportunity for large numbers of people, often in fancy dress, to race down streets ..read more
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2M ago
Biography of Mary Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots is perhaps the best known figure in Scotland’s history. Her life provided tragedy and romance, more dramatic than any legend ..read more
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2M ago
Famous people born throughout history in February, including Mary Tudor, Roman Catholic daughter of Henry VIII, and ..read more