Spend some festive family time aboard HMS Belfast and embark on our gingerbread sailor trail.

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IWM North’s architecture delivers an award-winning immersive experience. Walk through a timeline of history from the First World War to the present day. Explore over 2,000 objects and immerse yourself ...

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Listen to the voices of those who were there or read the podcast transcript below. Around 16,000 men refused to take up arms or fight during the First World War for any number of religious, moral, ...

Britain invaded Eastern Africa in multiple stages in the last years of the nineteenth-century. They conquered many different peoples and destroyed traditional societies which had existed for centuries ...

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During the Second World War the British government set up a secret, underground headquarters in the basement of a purpose-built government building - known today as Churchill War Rooms. As you explore ...

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Step back in time and explore the secret underground headquarters where the course of the Second World War was determined. Enjoy a luxury afternoon tea, served in style at Churchill War Rooms. Begin ...