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The Friday Digest 11/04/14
This week's update features debates on the future of the publishing industry, an exorcism in Elizabethan London and the curious history of the items in your tool shed. * Explore over 500...
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Castleton Lanterns Community Project Aims to Identify Great War Servicemen
In April 2013 a committee member found a box of old lantern slides in the organ loft of Alexandra Presbyterian Church. The images were of soldiers and sailors in First World War uniforms. There are 77...
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How did the RMS Titanic tragedy affect the British Empire?
Hundreds upon hundreds of ocean liners have plied the maritime highways of the world and it has fallen to a few of these to achieve a lasting fame. This small book is about one of the most famous of...
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Orkney's folk tales inspired by the sea
Life in the Orkney Islands, like any small group of islands, is dominated by the sea. In the past it was an all present force that shaped your life, or took it if it was angry. That mostly depended on...
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John Ashdown-Hill at Tewkesbury Abbey on 03/05/14
John Ashdown-Hill will be at Tewkesbury Abbey on Saturday 3rd May giving a talk and signing copies of his new book, The Third Plantagenet: George, Duke of Clarence, Richard III's Brother. Less...
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Alan Cochrane and George Kerevan at Waterstones, Edinburgh on 08/05/14
Alan Cochrane and George Kerevan will be at Waterstones, Edinburgh on Thursday 8th May having a debate featuring other speakers. Read more about the debate in their new book, Scottish Independence:...
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Top 5 memories of the 1980s
Do you remember trying to solve the Rubik’s cube whilst dressed in your He-Man picture pyjamas? Did you try to make ‘cool’ sound effects with your mouth like Jones from Police Academy? If that sounds...
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A 1950s childhood by Paul Feeney
I was born in London in 1948 and was fortunate enough to have grown up at a time when it was still possible for children to play out in the streets without fear of traffic and with little hindrance...
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Community Project Castleton Lanterns links up with NI War Memorial to help...
The launch of the Castleton Lanterns display in NI War Memorial will take place on Thursday 1st May 2014 at 7.30pm accompanied by an illustrated talk on World War One Photogaphy by Bryan Rutledge....
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The birth of an historical mystery
The question I am asked most by readers is: where do I get my ideas from? And I say that ideas are all around. With Deadly Inheritance I know exactly where the first idea came from. I was reading a...
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Sylvia Endacott and Shirley Lewis at Waterstones, Bognor Regis on 03/05/14
Sylvia Endacott and Shirley Lewis will be at Waterstones, Bognor Regis on Saturday 3rd May from 11:30am onwards. They will be signing copies of their new book, A 1950s Holiday in Bognor Regis....
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The Friday Digest 25/04/14
This week's update features cultural icons, the oldest message in a bottle and previously unknown works from Warhol. * History Today slays the myth of St George and the Dragon. Despite popular...
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Simon Stirling at Stratford Arts House, Stratford-upon-Avon on 29/04/14
Simon Stirling wil be at Stratford Arts House, Stratford-upon-Avon on Tuesday 29th April as part of the Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival from 4:45pm. The price is £8 per ticket including tea...
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The first rock 'n' roll Pope
Few outside the Roman Catholic hierarchy had heard of Karol Wojtyła before he became Pope in 1978. An obscure Polish bishop from humble roots, he appeared on the world stage out of nowhere, becoming...
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An interview with Jonathan Thacker, Education Assistant at Chelsea Football Club
The First World War centenary represents a unique moment in history, a time to reflect on a war that engulfed the world for over four years. As we stand looking back, 100 years on, it is almost...
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What did women in your area do to fight for the right to vote?
Just over a hundred years ago, the suffragettes were at their most active and militant in their campaign for Votes for Women. Certain images are imprinted on our minds – Emmeline Pankhurst, so militant...
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Scottish independence: a question of the economy?
George Kerevan gives a brief look at the main economic arguments of the 'yes' debate: It's the economy stupid. Modern governments are about economic growth, not waving the flag. Unfortunately being...
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BOOK REVIEW: Armour Never Wearies- Scale and Lamellar Armour in the West,...
Armour Never Wearies is the first volume to bring together all the hitherto scattered evidence – archaeological, literary and artistic – for the forms and uses of scale and lamellar armours in the...
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Vintage visions above the high street
Although we’re taught it’s not kind to pick favourites there are definitely one or two ‘ghost signs’ that hold a special place in my heart. They are not necessarily always the most beautiful specimens...
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The Friday Digest 02/05/14
This week's update features commemoration controversy, Cinecittà and the oldest FBI agent. * A fascinating look at the army of devoted gardeners who keep the memory of sacrifice alive in rigorously...
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