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Richard P. de Kerbrech talks about life working in the belly of the Titanic...
Much has been written and documented about the Titanic disaster, but this work (publication) seeks to concentrate on the actual world and workplace of the Titanic’s ‘Black Gang’. In doing so there...
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Harefield Village History Day on 26/04/14
The Harefield Village History Daywill be held on Saturday 26th April 10am – 2pm at Harefield Library (in association withThe Harefield History Society). Commemorating the centenary of the First...
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Radio Caroline- the story of the boat that rocked
Turn a radio on in the UK, prior to Easter 1964, searching for pop music and chances are you’d have been disappointed. There were three radio choices, all provided by the BBC: The Home service, The...
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The Friday Digest 28/03/14
This week's update features Victorian street view, the boat that rocked and a guide to pyjama dressing. * Nearly 90 years after J R R Tolkien first translated Beowulf, the Lord of the Rings...
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War Classics: the remarkable memoir of Scottish scholar Christina Keith on...
I never knew Christina Keith, but she was my grandmother’s eldest sister. She died in 1963, just a few months after my parents became engaged. In her will she made a gift to my father, her nephew,...
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Tim Lynch at Upton Library on 15/04/14
TiTim Lynch will be at Upton Library on Tuesday 15th April talking about his book, They Did Not Grow Old: Teenage Conscripts on the Western Front, 1918. Looking beyond the war as portrayed by poets...
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Tim Lynch at Sheffield Library on 08/04/14
TiTim Lynch will be at Sheffield Library on Tuesday 8th April talking about his book, They Did Not Grow Old: Teenage Conscripts on the Western Front, 1918. Looking beyond the war as portrayed by...
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Alan Cochrane and George Kerevan at SNP Party Conference, Aberdeen on...
Alan Cochrane and George Kerevan at SNP Party Conference, Aberdeen on 11th and 12th of April signing copies of their new book, Scottish Independence: Yes or No. In September 2014, a referendum will...
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John Ashdown-Hill at Lincoln Cathedral on 26/04/14
John Ashdown-Hill will be at Lincoln Cathedral on 26th April giving a lecture. He will also be signing copies of his book, Royal Marriage Secrets: Consorts & Concubines, Bigamists &...
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John Garfield at Waterstones, West Quay Southampton on 12/04/14
John Garfield will be at Waterstones, West Quay Southampton on 12th April signing copies of his book, The Fallen: A Photographic Journey Through the War Cemeteries and Memorials of the Great War...
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Peter Stevenson at Awen Teifi on 20/04/14
Peter Stevenson will be at Awen Teifi on Sunday 20th March from 12pm, storytelling and signing copies of his new book, Ceredigion Folk Tales. Ceredigion is a land shaped by mythology, where...
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St. Ives Archive at Carbis Bay Memorial Hall on 25/04/14
St. Ives Archive will be at Carbis Bay Memorial Hall on Saturday 25th April launching their new book, St Ives Then & Now. With its award-winning beaches and restaurants, St Ives is today a...
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How many wives did Henry VIII actually have?
Which of Henry VIII's wives was the odd one out? The fact that Henry VIII had six wives is one of the few historical ‘facts’ that nearly everyone knows. However, new research by historian Dr Eurt Ton...
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Are we doing enough to protect our local history?
The visible remnants of our social and business history are all around us – in the form of faded signs and adverts – sometimes known as ghostsigns. These are particularly prevalent in towns and cities...
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James Clark and Shirley Hitchings at The Vaults Basement Bar on 24/04/14
James Clark and Shirley Hitchings will be at The Vaults Basement Bar, London from 8pm giving a talk about their book, The Poltergeist Prince of London: The Remarkable True Story of the Battersea...
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The Friday Digest 04/04/14
This week's update features the skeletons of victims of the Black Death, a First World War project that really builds up a picture of individuals serving during the war, and the best thrillers and...
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Double Agent Garbo and the Success of Operation Fortitude
Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Hesketh was a member of General Eisenhower’s deception unit, Ops B, and was a key figure in Operation Fortitude, the great Allied deception carried out against the Germans to...
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Henry V: cold-hearted ruler or virtuous king?
On this day, 9 April, 599 years ago, Henry V was crowned king of England. It snowed heavily in London that day. Writing a few years later, but before the king died in 1422, Thomas Walsingham, the...
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Brunel: The Second Greatest Brit of all Time?
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born in Portsmouth and lived in London for almost all his life. Yet it is Bristol, a city where he never had any permanent residence, which jealously regards him as its...
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G. J. Cooper talks about Captain Smith on the morning of the maiden voyage...
Shortly after 5a.m., on Wednesday 10 April 1912, dawn broke over Southampton with the promise of calm weather. At the docks, the Titanic, securely warped into White Star’s berth number 44, showed a...
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