Why a Petty Thief became a National Hero | The Life & Times of Jack Sheppard

The most interesting thing about King Charles the First is that he was five foot six inches tall at the start of his reign. And only four foot eight inches tall at the end of it...

This is one of those episodes I think is going to really speak to like 5% of my audience the other 95% of you, well you’re about to learn something. Because on top of my references being extremely dated, Boudicca also appears to be a...

Before she was Queen Elizabeth II, she was Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born on April 21, 1926.

She was never supposed to be the queen, but her uncle — King Edward — abdicated in 1936, making her father George VI king. With the...

Catastrophic Events defines catastrophic events and describes examples of both natural and man-made events.

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The Great Manure Crisis and the Problems with Horses in Victorian Cities

Are you ready for some drama? Elizabeth’s visit to Kent will be more than she bargained for. Mr Darcy comes to visit Rosings and questions are asked about his motives for visiting Elizabeth alone. Tensions come to a head when Mr Darcy...

Poor Jane Bennet receives more bad news from Bingley’s sisters, wedding plans are in motion for Mr Collins, and Elizabeth continues to crush on Mr Wickham. Jane goes to stay in London with the Gardiners and learns the truth about the...

How is 1920s Britain relevant to our modern-day experiences? Can we learn anything from life as it was back then?

It turns out that post-World War One British society holds many important truths for modern audiences. In this...

This lesson will give you an overall plot summary of Mrs Dalloway. Watch as Clarissa obsessively and meticulously plans a beautiful party for all her glittering, upper class guests. But she has a nagging sense that this...

Join us for an overview of Virginia Woolf’s life and influences. We’ll show you how the events of Woolf’s life and the world of early 20th century Britain shaped her ideas in Mrs Dalloway. As one of the most influential composers of...

What happens when scientific knowledge gets into the wrong hands? In The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Stevenson explores the terrible consequences following the misuse of science by an unhinged mind. In this lesson, we analyse...

Dr Jekyll has been shut away for weeks, and suspicions of foul play are aroused. With great trepidation Mr Utterson, investigates a curious presence in Dr Jekyll’s laboratory. Could Mr Hyde have returned? Is Dr Jekyll in mortal danger –...

To Mr Utterson’s dismay, Dr Jekyll is still in touch with his dubious friend, Mr Hyde. When Mr Hyde is implicated in a brutal murder, Dr Jekyll promises he has cut ties with Hyde. But when Mr Utterson digs deeper, it seems that Mr Hyde...

Clarissa watches on helplessly as her daughter Elizabeth is whisked away for the afternoon by the irksome Miss Kilman. Can Elizabeth escape this awkward afternoon tea without offending Miss Kilman? Meanwhile, doctors attempt to...

In which Hank makes a video deciding what to make a video about...for real, while sitting on a bench in Tower Hill in London at night and screaming at his camera while people walk by. It has been an interesting trip to the UK :-)

House prices in Britain are currently falling faster than at any point since the financial crisis of 2009. So, in this video, we’re going to look at the UK’s current housing crisis; why prices are falling; and whether they might fall a...

If we drill down into the data of the UK's housing crisis, it's clear that young people face the most difficult challenges when trying to get on the property ladder. So in this video, we break down what's behind the generational...

National Archives: The Popish Plot is among the most outlandish but serious moments in British political history plunging the body politick into near crisis for over three years and resulting in the executions of dozens of innocent men....

In some cities, it's more dangerous to breathe than smoke cigarettes. Find out more breathtaking facts and figures on the dangers of global air pollution.

National Aarchives: This video explores primary sources looking at refugee Basque children in 1937.These were the last words that Loli Gomez ever heard from her father as he said goodbye to her at Bilbao port in May 1937. Just under...

Learn how to calculate elapsed time using the timeline method. Calculate elapsed time using the T Chart method: • Calculating Elaps...

National Archives: This film is part of ‘Uncovering LGBTQ+ lives in the archive’, a series of films combining puppetry, model-making, and animation created by a group of eight young people in July 2022. The project allowed the group to...