This short film explains rationing in simple terms, offering a glimpse of a world that pupils may not be accustomed to.

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...

Princess Elizabeth's 1947 wedding dress, designed by Norman Hartnell, became a symbol of post-war Britain. Despite wartime ...