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BOOK REVIEW: Roman Chester by David Mason
Much of Roman Chester has been lost through post-Roman dismantling and `recycling' of building materials, though excavations over recent years have added substantially to our knowledge of the town...
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Robert Elverstone at Warwick Books on 29/01/14
Robert Elverstone will be at Warwick Books on 29th January from 7pm signing copies of his new book, Farewell to the Horses: Diary of a British Tommy 1915-1919. Cady Hoyte, like many other young...
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The whitewashing of history by the Mitford family
Before the war, the Mitfords’; fearful of proletariat unrest resulting from mass unemployment and abject poverty, were not unusual amongst their ‘ilk’ in developing an enthusiasm for fascism and a...
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The Friday Digest 20/12/13
* Photographs can portray the beautiful stories from history. The British Library has released over a million images onto Flickr Commons for people to use however they see fit. The images have...
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An account of the fascinating history behind Billericay
Billericay is a very historic town whose origins go back to pre-historic times although for many years it was not an independent town, but was regarded as a hamlet of the village of Great Burstead;...
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The Real Enigma Heroes & author Phil Shanahan at the British Military...
Phil Shanahan is the author of History Press title The Real Enigma Heroes which highlights one of the greatest but least known stories of WW2. As a journalist Phil led a campaign to bring the three...
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The Friday Digest 03/01/14
Welcome to the first Friday Digest of 2014! * No matter what anyone may try to tell you, there is no cure for a hangover when you have overindulged at Christmas. Not even this 1940s ice-cube mask...
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Ex-England cricketer Paul Nixon gives his views on banter
When it comes to verbals in cricket, how much is too much? This question has arisen from the feisty Ashes series dominated by Australia, where there has been a great deal of flak flying on and off...
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Katherine Holden at Foyles, Cabot Circus on 17/01/14
Katherine Holden will be at Foyles, Cabot Circus on Friday 17th January from 6-8pm, giving a talk and signing copies of her book, Nanny Knows Best: The History of the British Nanny. This book...
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Jill Evans talks about Gloucester's murderous past
In August 1878, the Summer Assizes began at Gloucester, and separate county and city grand juries were sworn in to consider all the cases waiting to be tried. The judge, Mr Justice Manisty,...
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A look through Crewe's history with Peter Ollerhead
Why is it that so many of us have a passion for the past, especially when we see images of the places of our youth? Crewe, along with most towns has undergone great changes in the years since the...
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The Friday Digest 10/01/14
This week's update features giant puppets, the map that saved the Tube and manly slang from the nineteenth century. * Michael Gove found himself in the limelight again this week after he criticised...
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‘Tommies on the Aisne 1914’ at the Caverne du Dragon, Musée du Chemin des...
‘Tommies on the Aisne 1914’ is an exhibition which will be open from 16th April 2014 until 20th December 2014 at the Caverne du Dragon, Musée du Chemin des Dames, France. The purpose of the exhibition...
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The legacy of the Kingsnorth Airship Station
As Kingsnorth Power Station is decommissioned, and people start looking back to the events of a century ago, it seems fitting to consider how Kingsnorth was transformed from marsh and farmland to...
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Do we know the real Henry VIII?
For far too long now, the full scale of Henry VIII’s misdeeds and miscalculations has been largely hidden from public view – mainly, it seems, beneath the copious skirts of his six wives, all of whom,...
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The Forgotten Men of the London Underground
The Forgotten Men of the London Underground At this very moment in time there are huge mechanical earthworms journeying through subterranean London. Working day and night, these loud and heavy beasts,...
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The Friday Digest 17/01/14
This week's update features love letters from the trenches, fashion laws and fasting. * A number of First World War unit diaries were placed online by the National Archives this week. The documents...
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The great Antarctic silence
On 18 January 1912 Captain Robert Scott, Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers, Dr Edward Wilson, Lawrence ‘Titus’ Oates and Edgar ‘Taff’ Evans reached the South Pole. On the long return journey to their base at Cape...
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Ruth Symes at Waterstones, Altrincham on 02/01/14
Ruth Symes will be at Waterstones, Altrincham on 1st February from 11am. She will be holding a photo discussion and signing copies of her book, It Runs in the Family: Understanding More About Your...
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Maureen James at Lincoln Central Library on 01/01/14
Maureen James will be at Lincoln Central Library on 1st February from 2:30-3:30pm signing copies of her book, Lincolnshire Folk Tales. Lincolnshire, a county with many variations in the dialect,...
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