Clik here to view.
Abberline's report: 22nd - 27th September 1888
August 31st 2013 marks the 125th anniversary of the first Jack the Ripper murder and yet still the case remains unsolved. Whitechapel Real Time aims to portray Victorian society during 1888 in an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Henry 'Birdie' Bowers - The first Scot to reach the South Pole
In early January 1912 Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers – to his delighted surprise – was chosen by Captain Robert Scott as a member of the 5-man party which would attempt to reach the South Pole. Birdie (born in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes- Jack the Ripper's third and fourth...
Elizabeth Stride The boat sank rapidly, gurgling into the filthy Thames, and Elizabeth struggled madly for safety; and, in the crush, she stumbled, and fell, and the heel of the person in front of her...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chemical Warfare - Is History Repeating Itself?
The chemical weapons attack in Syria has reminded the world just how horrific the use of poison gas in conflict can be. Of course the use of gas as a method of mass killing has been around since the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Abberline's report: 30th September - 4th October 1888
August 31st 2013 marks the 125th anniversary of the first Jack the Ripper murder and yet still the case remains unsolved. Whitechapel Real Time aims to portray Victorian society during 1888 in an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Friday Digest 04/10/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * WWI led to ‘ladette culture’ as women turned to drink. It is remembered as a period in which women...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Skopje or scrap!
History Press author David Collins enjoyed a holiday with a difference this year, when he teamed up with a convoy of cars driving across Europe to visit orphanages and children’s homes en route to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Signals Intelligence in the World Wars
The war in Europe was shaped and won for the Allies in the Pacific. In 1941 the Japanese Government was planning to attack America and the British in the Pacific but faced a problem. Russian troops...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tim Lynch at Thames Valley History Festival on 16/11/13
Tim Lynch will be at Thames Valley History Festival on Saturday 16th November, from 11am. He will be giving a talk about his book, Dunkirk 1940 'Whereabouts Unknown'. They called it ‘the slaughter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Great War Fashion at the Cheltenham Literature Festival
You never quite know what's going to catch people's interest about costume history. After a year's immersion in WW1 research and an hour's frantic dressing of mannequins for a display of vintage WW1...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An oral history of the Korean War
I have been conducting oral history and journalistic interviews ever since I was a young student under Raph Samuel at Ruskin College in the late 1960s when I interviewed an old communist who had led...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Friday Digest 11/10/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * As book fans will already be aware, the Cheltenham Literature festival started last Friday and is ongoing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The incredible story of Nicola de la Haye
In 1217 England was in chaos. Much of the country was under the control of Prince Louis of France, who had invaded and been offered the crown by the nobles who were disaffected with the late King...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Robert Dixon and the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum at Cheltenham...
On Tuesday 8th October, The History Press was pleased to sponsor the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. In the morning Robert Dixon, the Chairman of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The bloody history of Stafford Gaol
Stafford’s Gaol has been a grim home for a wide range of miscreants and unfortunates over several centuries. Many prisoners have breathed their last within its walls and others suffered terrible...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Friday Digest 18/10/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * The violin played by Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster of the Titanic, as it sank is to be auctioned...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Story of Wallace Hartley, Titanic Bandmaster
One of the most lingering images of the sinking of the Titanic, is that of the band playing while all the lifeboats sailed away, regardless of their own safety. All eight band members perished that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sunderland's Edwardian Renaissance
Sunderland was at the height of its prosperity during the Edwardian period (1901-10). In this halcyon decade, Sunderland created a series of Edwardian Baroque buildings that adorn the city like an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The ups and downs of the British Nanny
Not quite part of the family and more than just an employee, idealised and demonised, the nanny has always had a difficult role in family life. Furthermore, in larger households, there was sometimes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Friday Digest 25/10/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * An eighteenth-century tattooed head of an autochthonous Maori tribesman has been discovered perfectly...
View Article