Want to know what to see in the night sky this year? Royal Observatory astronomers pick out the must-see moments of 2024 There are plenty of exciting astronomical sights to see in the night sky in ...
The British Empire was at its largest in 1919. At this point, there was truth in the saying that the Sun never set on the British Empire. The British Empire was at its largest in 1919, after Britain ...
Prepare to be transported inside a special spacecraft to the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to view the stars in the night sky, before lifting off into space to visit the ...
After Henry VIII’s death in 1547, Elizabeth went to live with her stepmother, Katherine Parr, leading to a near-disaster. In 1547, Katherine Parr, Elizabeth's stepmother, married Thomas Seymour, the ...
Do you know your Spanish farthingale from your Drum? Or your English hood from your French? Types of Tudor fashion evolved throughout the period. Our knowledge of how the Tudors dressed comes largely ...
Greenwich has been home to a naval-based art gallery since the early 1800s, but the idea for the National Maritime Museum as we recognise it dates back to 1927, when a public appeal was launched by ...
Crew agreements for British-registered merchant ships, crew lists or muster-rolls and official ships' logs are of particular interest to genealogists and people tracing family history, and to anyone ...
The autumnal equinox occurs in September each year, and in the northern hemisphere the date marks the end of summer and beginning of autumn. The Earth is tilted on its axis. This means that the Sun ...