Madam V traces the journey of Virginia Vernon during WW2, who was tasked with looking after the welfare of performers ...

The Countess of Rothes, Thomas Jones, and the Tragedy of Titanic ...

Among the few facts of Mary Boleyn’s life is that she was the mistress of Francis I and that she gained a notorious reputation at the French court, being known as ‘the great and infamous whore’. The ...

The history of execution at Pentonville began with the hanging of a Scottish hawker in 1902. Over the next sixty years the names of those who made the short walk to the gallows reads like a who’s who ...

Sussex, though near London and nowadays extensively urbanised, has a rich heritage of traditional local stories, customs and beliefs. Among many topics explored here are tales linked to landscape ...

Adam Bushnell, Nigel Clifton (Illustrator), ...

Situated on the Roman Akeman Street, in the heart of the Vale to which it gives its name, Aylesbury’s claim to be the county town of Buckinghamshire derives from its centrality and its early status as ...

An Illustrated Journey through History by Time Team Artist Victor Ambrus ...

ALISON TAYLOR is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists and editor of the Proceedings of Cambridge Antiquarian Society. She was County Archaeologist ...

John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor, ‘Once again, Evans has rescued a fascinating piece of newspaper history. He presents a disturbing portrait of a Fleet Street journalist who, in getting close to ...

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 ...

Wales holds in the popular imagination a reputation of magic, mystery, and ancient ways. A land apart from its’ neighbours, Cymru has been a destination for centuries, but more importantly it is home ...