By the GlobeBids Culture Desk | 17 August 2026 George Orwell’s Animal Farm was published in Britain by Secker and Warburg on 17 August 1945.…
By GlobeBids History Desk | Published 16 August 2026 On 16 August 1819, a large parliamentary-reform meeting assembled at St Peter’s Field in Manchester. Mounted…
By the GlobeBids History Desk | Updated 15 August 2026 The date 15 August connects several turning points in modern British history: an expansion of…
A 1924 Duchess Rolls Royce will become a hands-on history exhibit when Family Fun Days arrive at Staffordshire History Centre. Families can choose between a…
By the GlobeBids History Desk | Published 14 August 2026 On 14 August 1945, news emerged that Japan had accepted the Allied surrender terms. For…
Mavisbank House, between Loanhead and Lasswade, will welcome the public free of charge on Saturday 12 September and Sunday 13 September 2026 as part of…
Friday 13 August 2026 gives a familiar superstition another moment in public life. In Britain, the date survives not because one origin story has been…
Victory over Japan Day falls on Saturday 15 August 2026. It marks Japan’s surrender in 1945 and the end of the Second World War. For…
Each 12 August, references to the “Glorious Twelfth” return to British news and culture. The date traditionally opens the red grouse shooting season in Great…
London visitors can now explore the UK’s first ancient DNA exhibition for free at The Francis Crick Institute. We Go Way Back is open Wednesday…
Colourful costumes, memorabilia and original film footage bring Ludlow’s large-scale 1934 pageant back into view at Shropshire Museums’ Collections Centre, Lower Gallery. The free Ludlow:…
Watford residents are being invited to help create Fabric of Watford, the opening exhibition at the new Museum of Watford. The free co-curation programme will…
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