David Baddiel explores the meaning of England and Englishness through the history of the football team in new Radio 4 series Sixty Years of Hurt

Contributors including Stephen Fry, James Graham, Maisie Adam, Pippa Grange, Stuart Pearce, David Seaman, Elis James, Alex ...
Phys.org

Britain began industrializing in the 17th century—more than 100 years earlier than history books claim

Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th century—over 100 years before textbooks mark the start of the Industrial ...
The American Conservative

Britain’s Decline and Fall

Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars, by Simon Heffer. Penguin Random House, London, 2023, 948 pp. Sing As We Go (the title of a popular film by Gracie Fields, one of England’s most popular stars ...
Moviefone

A History of Britain (2000-2002)

Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British ...
EurekAlert!

Britain began industrializing in the 17th century – over a 100 years earlier than history books claim

An example of a probate inventory from England in the late 17th century. This is the inventory of John Booth, a victualler (supplier of food and alcohol) from Macclesfield in the county of Cheshire, ...
Science Daily

Britain began industrializing in the 17th century -- over a 100 years earlier than history books claim

Millions of historical employment records show the British workforce turned sharply towards manufacturing jobs during the 1600s -- suggesting the birth of the industrial age has much deeper roots, say ...