A Brief History of Gurdwaras in England

A gurdwara is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs, meaning ‘the residence of the Guru’.




100 Years of High Street Shopping from 1880 to 1980

A decade-by-decade glimpse of shops and shopping through photographs from the Historic England Archive.




Women Architects Who Helped Shape England

Women have always influenced domestic design but it wasn’t until 1898 that the first female architect was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects.




Early Photographs of Cycling in the 19th Century

Penny-farthings, tricycles and ‘sociables’ — get to know the different types of early bicycles through these newly discovered archive photographs.




What Was the English Landscape Movement?

Art and antiquity influenced garden design in England in the Georgian era.