Welcome to MyTimeMachine

Here you can find eyewitness accounts of events large and small that have shaped British history.

From Julius Caesar’s arrival, through to later Anglo Saxon and Norman invasions,and on into the medieval and modern eras, these are the authentic voices of the men and women who experienced life in these islands at first hand.

Take your pick of eras browse or search, or go directly to some of the selected highlights of MyTimeMachine, including:

• The hanging of a murderer
• When Jacobite Armies seized Manchester
• The arrival of the Black Death in England
• King Alfred’s defeat of the Danes

Or a personal favourite: Karl Marx on a London pub crawl.