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The Friday Digest 21/02/14
This week's update features the forgotten Scottish troops of the First World War, a mysterious 600-year-old manuscript written in an unknown language and a hundred books to read in your lifetime. *...
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Do ghosts really exist? Where can you find them in Wiltshire?
What Is a ghost? So what is a ghost? I suppose if you were to ask most people that question, they would probably describe a ghost as a disembodied spirit, cursed for eternity to wonder aimlessly...
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Families at War
Picture the face of a fourteen year old boy, his face crystallised as if frozen, his mouth open. It was unfathomable to him. I watched him as he asked a question of his teacher: 'But how? How could...
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Simon Mills talks about the future of the HMHS Britannic
I don't know why but whenever someone asks me what it was that made me buy the British Government's title to the wreck of the Britannic I can never give them a definitive answer; I don't know why I...
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Q&A with Simon Mills on the HMHS Britannic
What does it feel like to own one of the most iconic ships in history? "Owning" can be such a sensitive word! Some people find it amazing that anyone can own a shipwreck (it rarely occurs to them that...
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The Hess Flight - The Last Unexplained Mystery of the Second World War
The flight of Rudolf Hess to Scotland in May 1941 is the last unexplained mystery of the Second World War. Quite why the Deputy Fuhrer of Germany should choose to make such a dramatic act has remained...
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General Sir Sam Browne – One-armed Victoria Cross hero
Bearded, kindly, courageous Sam Browne was perhaps the classic beau sabreur of the Indian Army. He is still remembered by the belt he designed which bears his name and has been in use ever since. His...
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Commemorating Waterloo
With commemorative events for the centenary of the start of the First World War now receiving daily media attention, might not one also reflect upon how the nation celebrated the end of the original...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Roman Iron Industry in Britain by David Sim
The invasion of AD 43 began the Romans’ settlement of Britain. The Romans brought with them a level of expertise that raised iron production in Britain from small localised sites to an enormous...
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The fiery end of the most haunted house in Britain
The physical destruction of Borley Rectory - famously known across the world as the ‘most haunted house in England’ - on a winter’s night only months before the outbreak of World War II was the...
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The Friday Digest 28/02/14
This week's update features the history of decimation, tank design and a look inside Broadmoor Hospital. * Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member of the Trapp Family Singers (the group whose...
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Michael Bailey at LUL Headquarters on 01/04/14
Michael Bailey will be at the LUL Headquarters on Tuesday 1st April from 6pm giving a talk entitled ‘The Archaeology of Early Steam Locomotives’ for his new book, Loco Motion: The World's Oldest...
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Tim Lynch at Cheshire Libraries on 21/03/14
Tim Lynch will be at Great Boughton Library (afternoon) and Neston Library (evening) on Friday 21st March talking about his book, They Did Not Grow Old: Teenage Conscripts on the Western Front,...
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Tim Lynch at Winsford Library and Upton Library on 04/03/14
Tim Lynch will be at Winsford Library and Upton Library on Tuesday 4th March talking about his book, They Did Not Grow Old: Teenage Conscripts on the Western Front, 1918. Looking beyond the war as...
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Anne Powell at the National Portrait Gallery on 06/03/14
Anne Powell will be at the National Portrait Gallery on Thursday 6th March giving a 1 hour lecture on her book, Women in the War Zone: Hospital Service in the First World War. She will also be...
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Peter Stevenson at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 06/03/14
Peter Stevenson will be at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Thursday 6th March launching his new book, Ceredigion Folk Tales. Ceredigion is a land shaped by mythology, where mermaids and magic mix...
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Lawrie Phillips at Pembroke Dockyard on 10/03/14
Lawrie Phillips at will be at Pembroke Dockyard on Monday 10th March launching his new book, Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. The Royal Dockyard at Pembroke Dock...
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Jonathan Walker at the National Archives, London on 13/03/14
Jonathan Walker will be at the National Archives, London on Thursday 13th March talking about his book, Operation Unthinkable: The Third World War: British Plans to Attack the Soviet Empire 1945. In...
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The RNLI: 190 Years On
Gales and stormy seas mean extra work for the RNLI. Over the last few months its lifeboats have been extra busy. Among the callouts, they assisted a French trawler when she lost power and her...
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10 Curiosities and Follies from around Cornwall
* Bodmin – The Dog Memorial In 1938 Prince and Princess Chula (an englishwoman, born Elizabeth Hunter) of Siam, now Thailand, came to Cornwall, lived at Rock for some time and then moved to Tredethy, a...
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