New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...

Search for, view and download 300 years of theatre posters from Great Britain and Ireland, 1600–1902.

A History of the World is a partnership between the BBC and the British Museum that focuses on world history, involving collaborations between teams across the BBC, and schools, museums and audiences ...

Red sealing wax seal and string on 1642 parchment will of Thomas Nash

Edward Marcus Despard, an Irish officer in the service of the British Crown, gained notoriety as a colonial administrator for refusing to recognise race as a distinction in English law and, following his recall to London, as a republican conspirator. Despard's associations with the London Corresponding Society, the United Irishmen and United Britons led to his trial and execution in 1803 as the alleged ringleader of a plot to assassinate the King.

Arts cinema, theatre, live events, talks, exhibitions, pottery and a makers shop housed in a beautiful historic venue in Falmouth, Cornwall.

The White House plans to conduct a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian Institution's museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary.

In Brittany in north-west France, the oral narrative tradition was enriched by two languages, just as in Ireland, which shares many folktale versions with the Breton region.

Arts cinema, theatre, live events, talks, exhibitions, pottery and a makers shop housed in a beautiful historic venue in Falmouth, Cornwall.

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