The murder of a child distresses us more than any other crime. Despite the national anxiety created by murderous paedophiles, the crime is mercifully rare: on average only seven cases a year occur in Britain...
If you enjoy finding out more about our country's rich history, then you'll love Britain magazine. Learn more about our kings and queens, heroes and villains, castles and cathedrals, stately homes and gardens, countryside and coastline... and so much more besides. Each issue is packed with features that showcase Britain at her best – and full of ideas on where to go, what to see and where to stay.
If you enjoy discovering more about Britain's fascinating history and heritage, then you’ll love BRITAIN magazine. Learn about the kings and queens, heroes and villains, castles and cathedrals, stately homes and gardens, countryside and coastline… as well as quirky facts and amazing competitions!
As the UK’s best selling military history title, Britain at War is dedicated in exploring every aspect of Britain’s involvement in conflicts from the turn of the 20th century through to modern day. From World War I to the Falklands, World War II to Iraq, readers are able to relive decisive moments in Britain’s history through fascinating insight combined with rare and previously unseen photography.
In BC 55 Julius Caesar came, saw, conquered and then left. It was not until AD 43 that the Emperor Claudius crossed the channel and made Britain the western outpost of the Roman Empire that would span from the Scottish border to Persia. For the next 400 years the island would be transformed. Within that period would see the rise of Londinium, almost immediately burnt to the ground in 60 AD by Boudicca; Hadrian's Wall which was constructed in 112 AD to keep the northern tribes at bay as well as the birth of the Emperor Constantine in third century York.
