A Short History of the English Garden
Read on to learn the fascinating history of English gardens from the Tudors to the Victorians, there have been a lot of past influences that have left its mark on our national parks and palaces today.
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The English Civil War
One of the most important and violent periods in British history, the English Civil War was a series of closely related conflicts during the 17th Century, which saw the monarchy deposed and abolished for the first time in history.
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Roman Britain
55 BC marked a dramatic change in the history of the island of Britain. The island was inhabited at the time by a collection of Celtic tribes, loosely connected culturally and ethnically but strongly independent of each other, perhaps joining together infrequently into small alliances but never as one nation.
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The WW2 Battle of Crete
In May, 1941, the Greek Island of Crete was the only part of mainland Europe holding out against advancing Nazi forces whose Blitzkrieg had overrun the continent.
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A Short History of Rubber
Originating from a tree found in the jungles of the Amazon, rubber was used in its raw form by indigenous
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