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Historical crime novels – which period?
For my new series of historical mystery novels I chose 1903, the start of the twentieth century. Queen Victoria was no more, the Prince of Pleasure, Edward VII, was on the throne, the Boer War had...
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Wills of 26,000 Scottish soldiers in the First World War released
It has recently been announced that 26,000 fallen Scottish soldiers’ wishes will soon be available to read online by the National Records of Scotland. The Wills belonging to many First World War...
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The Friday Digest 09/05/14
This week's update features a poltergeist called Donald, the ten biggest misconceptions about the First World War and Phineas Gage, neuroscience’s most famous patient. * The Royal family’s First...
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Queen Mary 2: 10 glorious years.
If you asked anyone in the late 1990's if a new transatlantic liner would be built, they would have most likely said no. By the late 1990's, the famed yet ageing QE2 was the most famous ship in the...
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Growing up in the 1940s
I don't remember the 1930s much. The 1930s to me, looking back, were summers, quiet streets, games in the garden, men wearing baggy grey trousers, green fourpenny bus tickets (which could take you...
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Linda Stratmann talks about preparing for Crimefest
Crimefest in Bristol has everything a good crimewriting festival should have, great guests, a choice of panels with something to suit everyone, enthusiastic delegates, wonderful hotel and a friendly...
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The 52nd (Lowland) Division- the forgotten Scottish troops of the First World...
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Janet Laurence at Crimefest
It’s now just under a week to go to Crimefest. This is always a highspot in my calendar. Four days of catching up with old crime writing friends and making new ones, with all the delicious agony of...
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The Friday Digest 16/05/14
This week's update features pets trained for the trenches, England's fight for democracy and a forty-year-old mystery. * The Imperial War Museum's 'Lives of the First World War' digital memorial...
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Alan Cochrane and George Kerevan at Waterstones Sauchie St, Glasgow on 05/06/14
Alan Cochrane and George Kerevan will be at Waterstones Sauchiehall St, Glasgow on Thursday 5th June from 6-7:30pm having a debate and signing copies of their new book, Scottish Independence: Yes...
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Giffords Circus at Jaffe and Neale Bookshop & Café on 06/06/14
Giffords Circus will be at Jaffe and Neal Bookshop & Café on Friday 6th June from 11am-12pm, signing copies their new book, Giffords Circus: the First Ten Years. Each summer a small and...
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Giffords Circus at Woodstock Bookshop on 03/06/14
Giffords Circus will be at Woodstock Bookshop on Tuesday 3rd June from 11am, signing copies their new book, Giffords Circus: the First Ten Years. Each summer a small and glamorous part of the 1930s...
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Giffords Circus at Waterstones, Cheltenham on 30/05/14
Giffords Circus will be at Waterstones, Cheltenham on Friday 30th May from 11am-2pm. As well as the circus they will be signing copies their new book, Giffords Circus: the First Ten Years. Each...
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Mike Morgan at Guisborough Bookshop on 31/05/14
Mike Morgan will be at at Guisborough Bookshop on Saturday 31st May from 11am-1pm signing copies of his book, D-Day Hero: CSM Stanley Hollis VC. D-Day’s only Victoria Cross winner, Company...
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Mark Mower at Jarrold’s, Norwich on 3/06/14
Mark Mower will be at at Jarrold’s, Norwich on Tuesday 3rd June in the evening, giving a talk about his new book, Bloody British History Norwich. This book contains the amazing and dramatic history...
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Nick Bosanquet at Waterstones, Trafalgar Square on 09/06/14
Nick Bosanquet will be at Waterstones, Trafalgar Square on Monday 9th June from 7-9pm celebrating the launch of his new book, Our Land at War: Britain's Key First World War Sites. The First World...
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Michael Williams at Waterstones, Truro on 14/06/14
Michael Williams will be at Waterstones, Truro on Saturday 14th June from 11am-12pm signing copies of his book, Haunted North Cornwall. Steeped in legend and mystery, the dramatic coastline of...
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Linda Stratmann's CrimeFest 2014
The summer sun arrived just in time for Crimefest. As my taxi drew up outside the Bristol Marriott Hotel, all over College Green people were enjoying the warm weather, lounging on the grass eating...
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Jurassic Mary: Mary Anning and the primeval monsters
It sounds like the beginning of a fairy tale – the story of a poor cabinet-maker’s young daughter who discovered an important and massive fossil at Lyme Regis, Dorset. Mary Anning (1799–1847)...
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The Earl of Dudley’s Railway
In the nineteenth century a sprawling railway network was built for the Earl of Dudley to link his collieries with the canal system and his own iron-works at Brierley Hill in the southern part of...
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