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Uncovering Edinburgh’s Hidden Victorian History—One Doorway at a Time

A new project delves into the stories of forgotten Edinburgh residents and the places they called home.
Sukhada Tatke September 6, 2023
Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan is obsessed with London's Chelsea F.C. soccer team.
games

How Cheering for a Soccer Club Brought a Singer’s Family Closer

Chelsea fandom has had its highs and lows, but it can make moment that stay with you.
Noah Kahan July 21, 2023
Guy Fawkes is the most notorious member of England’s 1605 Gunpowder Plot, a Catholic conspiracy to blow up Westminster Palace and assassinate Protestant King James I.
murder

How a Threadbare 'Bag of Secrets' Led to Guy Fawkes's Gruesome Execution

The documents that convicted the infamous traitor were all kept in this unassuming leather pouch.
Kavitha Rao May 19, 2023
In 11th-century England, people used more than half a million eels in rental payments.
medieval

To Pay Rent in Medieval England, Catch Some Eels

The “Surprised Eel Historian” has mapped every eel rent recorded in medieval England.
Leah Hamilton May 18, 2023
Front of the Hoover Building
London, England

Hoover Building

A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.
West Gate Tower
Canterbury, England

West Gate Tower Museum

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.
One of the outer buildings
Foss, England

Lythe Mill

The ruins of a 19th-century corn mill are haunted by a malevolent cave-dwelling spirit.
native americans

Podcast: Merrymount

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange stories.
The Podcast Team March 30, 2021
A soldier rests and refuels.
medieval

Meet the Man Who Walked from York to Hastings in Medieval Armor

He was fighting not Normans, but the stigma of mental illness.
Matthew Taub October 21, 2020
Wallis turned all of this code into written sentences.
mathematics

Sold: 53 Letters Deciphered by a Groundbreaking English Codebreaker

Cagey about his methods, John Wallis was a bit of a cipher himself.
Matthew Taub October 7, 2020
Video

See the Mysterious Horned Helmet of Henry VIII

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Bolton's Bench, Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst, England

Bolton's Bench

According to legend, a noble knight and a terrible dragon lie beneath this storied hill.
Walls of the abbey
Farnham, England

Waverley Abbey

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.
A participant named Debbie Graves shows off her goth look.
photography

The Museum of Youth Culture Wants Your Teenage Memories

Your awkward, rebellious stage, it turns out, is history.
Matthew Taub May 20, 2020
Where it all started.
music

For Sale: The Wooden Stage From The Beatles' First Concert

Including its old Victorian-era nails.
Matthew Taub March 24, 2020
London, England

Supper Club Tube

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.
Myles Standish and his fellow Puritans crashing the festivities at Merrymount.
native americans

America's First Banned Book Really Ticked Off the Plymouth Puritans

The author, known as the "Lord of Misrule," had the audacity to erect a maypole in Massachusetts.
Matthew Taub November 1, 2019
A group of convicts "bush'd" in Tasmania.
prisons

Australia's First Published Dictionary Was Dedicated to 'Convict Slang'

The "flash" language reflected the makeup of the British penal colony at the time.
Matthew Taub October 7, 2019