British history is essentially one very long dramatic series that nobody greenlit but everyone ended up watching anyway. Spanning centuries of monarchs behaving badly, empires expanding with remarkable audacity, and a national talent for understatement that borders on performance art, it is the gift that keeps on giving to anyone with a sense of humor and a loose grip on the timeline.
The internet, naturally, has thoughts. Many of them have been turned into memes, which is the only format that truly does justice to a nation that once colonized a quarter of the world and responded to losing most of it by making a strong cup of tea. Luckily, @historymemes.brit is a safe space for those of us who are historically inclined. Bored Panda has collected the best of them, so proceed to smile without showing teeth at your own risk.
