September 2022 (Issue 111)

A picture of people in a Chinese port

The Great Tea Race of 1866

Edward Tull-Warnock, who qualified as one of the first black dentists in Britain

The forgotten contributions of black Edwardians in Britain

Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf and wife of art critic Clive Bell, all of whom were members of the Bloomsbury Group.

Famous Edwardians From Beatrix Potter to Captain Robert F Scott

King Edward VII in his coronation robes.

Edward VII A guide to the king who ruled over the Edwardian age

Lawn tennis was a popular activity amongst the upper classes in the Edwardian period.

Daily life in the Edwardian era: from hobbies to gadgets

A composite image showing the Edwardians

The Edwardian era: a history guide and timeline of Britain in the reign of Edward VII

Soldiers drafted in to work during a coal porters’ strike in London, shovelling coal

The Great Unrest: what caused the industrial action of 1911–14?

A photograph of Constance Markievicz (Picture by Alamy)

Constance Markievicz’s fight for a free Ireland

Captives being brought on board a slave ship on the West Coast of Africa (Slave Coast), c1880. Although Britain outlawed slavery in 1833 and it was abolished in the USA after the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War in 1865, the transatlantic trade in African slaves continued. The main market for the slaves was Brazil, where slavery was not abolished until 1888. (Colorised black and white print). Artist Unknown.. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

General History

Black British history Slavery's painful legacy

American Republican politician, Robert Smalls (1839 - 1915), born a slave in South Carolina, he was later elected to serve as a Congressman for his home state. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

Black History Month The slave who stole a ship and sailed to freedom