Dark tourism, darker history: exploring museums of crime

If you want to know more about your criminal ancestors, there are an increasing number of museums catering to your needs, as Nell Darby explores. Dark tourism is the act of travelling to sites that are associated with death, tragedy or crime. As such, dark tourism has been increasingly analysed by academics, drawing parallels between … Read more

River Hunters explores the English Civil War

In this brand new and exclusive series from HISTORY® UK, presenter and wild swimmer Rick Edwards (left) teams up with YouTube sensation Beau Ouimette (right), a river detectorist with over 30 years’ experience and more than 1 million online followers, as they search the UK’s waterways for archaeological finds. Episode three, broadcast on 1 April … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, or Notts, north-midland county of England, bounded N. by Yorkshire, E. by Lincolnshire, S. by Leicestershire, and W. by Derbyshire; greatest length, N. to S., about 50 miles; greatest breadth, E. to W., about 25 miles; area, 527,752 acres, population 391,815. Towards the E., Nottinghamshire has a level surface; while westwards it is … Read more