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3rd March, 2025 in Women in History
When Lady Dorothy Mills was a young girl, a female relative told her she would never be beautiful so she had better be interesting – and she was. Yet extraordinarily, this is the first book about this fearless woman who became the best-known female explorer of the 1920s and 30s,…
17th February, 2025 in Women in History
Dr Catherine Hanley holds a PhD in Medieval Studies (Sheffield, 2001), is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is the author of historical works in several genres. ‘Lionessheart’ is her latest book which follows the story of Joanna Plantagenet – princess, pioneer, captive…
28th January, 2025
According to the make-it-up-as-you-go-along 12th-century historian Geoffrey of Monmouth, the River Humber was named after Humber, the King of the Huns. Learn more behind the history of Humber Crossing from Paul Sullivan author of new book The Little History of Lincolnshire.The wa…
28th January, 2025 in Society & Culture
Michael Robb, a stalwart figure in the bookselling and publishing arena, has experienced first-hand the shifting tides of this well-loved industry over the past 40 years. From successfully running an independent bookshop in Essex for two decades, to transitioning into the publish…
22nd January, 2025 in Maritime
When fishing boats were numerous, Scotland was a wonderful place to see them. Even now, it’s still possible to catch a hint of what used to be.Peter Drummond has roamed the coastlines and harbours of Scotland for over thirty years, always with his trusty camera in hand. Although…
20th January, 2025 in Military
‘Before leaving, we were issued with rations for about two and half days. The weather was terrible, and very, very cold. We arrived at a place called Winterveldt. We had covered a distance of about twenty miles and our resting place was a barn with cold floors, with just a bit of…
7th January, 2025
If you’re ever walking along Corporation Street in Birmingham on a busy afternoon just stop and look around you. Listen to the noise, the chattering of voices, the distant hum of traffic, then close your eyes. When you open them again imagine you have been whisked away in a time…
5th December, 2024 in History, Local & Family History
John Lander author of new book Don’t Delay – Enrol Today highlights the importance of the women’s land army in Hampshire during both World Wars.World War 1The Women’s Land Army was established by the British government to recruit women and girls to work in Britain’s agriculture i…
25th November, 2024 in True Crime
Simon Farquhar’s new book, A Deafening Silence: Forgotten British Murders, led him down dark roads as he trudged the wintry countryside trying to understand forgotten tragedies and talking to those whose lives had been affected by them. Here he reflects on why he wanted to tell t…
20th November, 2024 in Natural World
Author Anne Strathie is a writer and researcher, whose three biographies of members of Robert Scott’s 1910-13 Terra Nova Antarctic expedition are published by The History Press. Her new book, A History of Polar Exploration in 50 Objects: From Cook’s Circumnavigations to the Aviat…
20th November, 2024 in Transport & Industry
What could be the role of a writer in fostering advocacy and encouraging change? Journalism may have an immediate activist approach, helping to shape and change public opinion, but what about books about the environment? The example of the late L.T.C Rolt, influential in the revi…
28th October, 2024 in Entertainment
The search for an actor to play James Bond did not start with the journey that ultimately led to the monumental casting of Sean Connery in 1962, but a full three years before in 1959 when 007 looked like making his cinematic debut in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. After yea…
21st October, 2024 in Folklore
A winter tale for cosy season from Anna Maria Vilhelmina Hellberg Moberg author of Swedish Folk TalesOnce upon a time there was a lonely, old man who lived in a little cottage in the woods. There, the old man sat all alone, as the sun was slowly setting and darkness engulfed his…
14th October, 2024 in Women in History
Emily Murdoch Perkins discusses her new book Regina: The Queens Who Could Have Been, a feminist ‘what if’ history looking at what would have happened if firstborn daughters had been crowned instead of firstborn sons. Where did the idea for the book come from?It all started when Q…
30th September, 2024 in True Crime
Before Jack the Ripper, another monster prowled the waterways of Victorian London. The Thames Torso Killer has always lurked in the Ripper’s shadow, despite the fact he murdered and dismembered at least four people over two years. He started to kill in 1887, over a year before th…
27th September, 2024 in Folklore
Prepare for spooky season by learning more about the historic origins of Halloween. Extracted from the new book Halloween Folklore and Ghost Stories out this Autumn.What is Halloween?First, the name. The general presumption is that the word ‘Halloween’ is simply a shortened form…
19th September, 2024 in History, Women in History
Henry, the king who was married six times and started his own church. Mary, the first regnal queen. Elizabeth, the queen who refused to marry. These are the Tudor royals that we all know about – but there’s one who has slipped through the history books and yet is, in my opinion,…
12th September, 2024 in Local & Family History, Sport
Cian Manning author of ‘I Love Me County’ provides a brief history of Waterford and its legacy.The Gentle County, Waterford, can boast a proud sporting tradition. It is as long as it is varied. It’s largest urban area, Waterford City, has witnessed bull-baiting at Ballybricken to…
10th September, 2024 in Local & Family History, Military
The Royal Hospital Chelsea as a home for old soldiers has always been associated with warfare. The Second World War however represents a unique chapter in the history of the institution as the Hospital itself was in the line of fire for a sustained period. Casualties amongst the…
2nd September, 2024 in Military, Society & Culture
Eighty-five years ago, the outbreak of the Second World War was confirmed. Author Victoria Panton Bacon asks, what have we learnt?Colin Bell, now 103, recollects the announcement of the Second World War. Colin was 18 years old at the time, living with his family in East Molesey i…
28th August, 2024 in Natural World
Ian Hembrow, author of Celsius: A Life And Death By Degrees, reveals the bigger story behind the world’s increasingly frequent and ferocious summer wildfires.As I watched the television news, an announcement scrolled across the screen: ‘Authorities in Greece say wildfires are und…
27th August, 2024 in Biography & Memoir, Entertainment, Women in History
Author of Where Madness Lies Lyndsy Spence, has provided the soundtrack to the fascinating, but also tragic, life of film star Vivien Leigh. The complete playlist is available on Spotify below. Happy listening…Track 1: Il cielo in una stanza by MinaThe dreamy orchestration evokes…
27th August, 2024 in Biography & Memoir, History
The Duchess of Windsor’s notorious jewellery collection was, and still is, the subject of intense speculation regarding not only its murky provenance (were the gems originally sourced clandestinely from the English monarchy’s vast royal collection?), but also its eventual controv…
12th August, 2024 in Archaeology, Local & Family History
Northumberland has more castles, fortalices, towers, peles, bastles and barmkins than any other county in the British Isles. Castles of all periods were the private residences and fortresses of kings and noblemen. Read an extract from the new book Castles and Strongholds of North…
31st July, 2024 in True Crime
Fifty-four years after the murder of Muriel McKay, a tragedy has again become a media sensation. A supposed confession by her surviving killer, Nizamodeen Hosein, has resulted in one final police search of Rooks Farm in Hertfordshire, once the home of the Hosein brothers. The sea…
15th July, 2024 in Local & Family History
Bracknell is one of the post war New Towns so you would be forgiven for thinking there is no history to the settlement. Bracknell’s history is unique. Author Andrew Radgick author of The Story of Bracknell discusses the history behind this new town.Early traces of people in the a…
9th July, 2024 in Transport & Industry, Trivia & Gift
I love finding out about what motivates people and how the journey of their lives has unfolded. I am nosey and make no apology for it. Mind you, these are things you certainly require as a journalist; an almost manic need to dig away until you get what you need, which is generall…
5th July, 2024 in Biography & Memoir, Women in History
Humans have been great travellers for thousands of years. Famous early male explorers like Magellan, Sir Francis Drake and Captain Cook, are household names. Women, with their restricted positions in society and their traditional roles of looking after the house and children, had…
13th June, 2024 in Folklore, Natural World
To mark the Summer solstice join Dawn Nelson author of Stories of the Sun as she watches the sunrise…Come with me to a hillside where the trees face east and if you stand with them, you can watch the sunrise. Here the twilight lingers and the dew on the grass glistens in the gl…
11th June, 2024 in History, Local & Family History
Our national history helps shape our personal identity, but history does not accrete like permanent stratigraphic layers. Serendipitous research can sometimes shatter received assumptions, and we may find that we are not quite the product of a past that was taught to us. Chris Bu…
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When Titanic sank in 1912, six Chinese men escaped with their lives. Their names were Ah Lam, Chang Chip, Cheong Foo, Fang Lang (or Fong Wing Sun), Lee Bing, and Ling Hee.
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This concise biography aims to get to the heart of the enigmatic woman who was Jane Austen, and to the enduring qualities in her work which make it so universally loved and admired.
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