tracing its roots to propaganda shared by the British government during World War II. According to Stolarczyk, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Information popularized the carrot myth as part of ...

Race-based slavery soon became central to the economy of the British colonies in North America. A group attempting to escape religious persecution in England sailed for the New World and landed at ...

Calls for a flag to be given official recognition have been given a "huge" boost by a council. Peterborough City Council agreed to write to the Flag Institute to ask that the Flag of the Fens be ...

Before going to battle, Japanese soldiers were given yosegaki hinomaru—good luck flags—to keep with them on the battlefield. There are currently an estimated 50,000 yosegaki hinomaru throughout ...

Amber Anning announced herself on the global stage by becoming Great Britain's first women's 400m champion at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. At the beginning of her first season as a ...

The money will be used to buy flags for schoolchildren ... been billed as the last significant milestones that surviving WW2 veterans will be able to take part in themselves.

By the 1930s, Burgh Island had become one of the most popular hotels of its time. World War II-era pillbox on the mainland, facing Burgh Island, which is used in the summer by the Royal National ...

A couple from Teesside who retired to Thailand fear they are on the verge of imprisonment, despite being victims of a brutal assault caught on CCTV. Des and Mary Byrne fulfilled their dream of ...

Winston Churchill depictions had always proven popular, and none more so than when Gary Oldman starred as the British Prime Minister in 2017’s Darkest Hour. Critically acclaimed for his ...

As Nazi Germany dominated Europe, a British team carried a game-changing secret across the Atlantic. What they delivered to America would alter the course of World War II. Donald Trump Issues ...

We're pausing our coverage on the Israel-Hamas war for today - but thanks for following along. As we have been reporting, Israel carried out "extensive strikes" on Gaza overnight after talks to ...