Lost histories of Britain

Forgotten tales from every corner of this island

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The secrets of Scotland’s ancient capital

BY Daniel Kalder / 7 mins

How Birmingham changed the world

BY Paul Lay / 5 mins

Ramsgate’s difficult relationship with Europe

BY Aris Roussinos / 7 mins

Hull’s irresistible perversity

BY Matthew Sweet / 6 mins

Why they burn witches in Scotland

BY Diane Purkiss / 5 mins

Don’t call Abingdon ordinary

BY Eleanor Parker / 5 mins

Why Britain needs a peasants’ revolt

BY John Lewis-Stempel / 6 mins

Why Stamford said no to modernity

BY Mary Harrington / 6 mins

Jack Charlton’s vanished world

BY Dan Jackson / 6 mins

Where England sinks into the sea

BY Niall Gooch / 7 mins

The village that imagined a godless world

BY John Gray / 5 mins

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