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Joy Bounds at Felixstowe Book Festival on 28/06/14
Joy Bounds will be at Felixstowe Book Festival on Saturday and Sunday 28th-29th June at 3pm and 5pm. She will be hosting a tea party and talking about her new book, A Song of their Own: The Fight...
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Henry VIII’s misdeeds and miscalculations
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 Friday Digest 13/06/14
This week's update features the lost whaling station at the end of the world, fifty years of the Red Arrows and ten historical novels that will transport you back in time. * Who was the mysterious...
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George Raynor: the greatest coach England never had.
Despite being the most successful national coach in the history of football – an accolade bestowed by the Guinness Book of Records – Raynor is one of the least well known within Great Britain. Rising...
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The case that foiled Fabian
Several years ago, while visiting family in the Cotswolds, I had a drink in a pub outside Evesham. A friendly gentleman at the bar, upon learning I write books on crime and history, suggested I 'do...
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How the First World War led to more messing about on the river
We are all familiar with the horrors of the First World War, but a side of the conflict that is seldom mentioned is leisure. It may surprise us that any recreational pastimes were pursued at that...
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How to take care of really old books
Books are wonderful and are the spine of any bibliophile’s house. We love books and we want to cherish them and look after them even in the dawn of the e-reader which threatens every book lover’s...
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Southampton's Forgotten Military Hospital
Nearly fifty years after its demolition, the loss of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital in Netley near Southampton is still rued by enthusiasts of history and architecture alike. By the 1960s the...
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The Friday Digest 20/06/14
This week's update features a ninety-nine-year-old biscuit, a 60-second guide to the birth of football and a day in the life of a community archaeologist. * The codebreakers' huts at Bletchley Park...
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Down But Not Out- Maurice 'Moggy' Mayne.
Seventy-two years to the day from being shot down into the freezing North Sea, Maurice 'Moggy' Mayne passed away. It was only a few weeks ago, the final goodbye, and rather sad that Maurice was denied...
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Joy Bounds at Waterstones, Ipswich on 08/07/14
Joy Bounds will be at Waterstones, Ipswich on Tuesday 8th July giving a talk and signing copies of her new book, A Song of their Own: The Fight for Votes for Women in Ipswich. What did women from...
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Giffords Circus at Borzoi Bookshop, Stow on the Wold on 25/07/14
Giffords Circus will be at Borzoi Bookshop, Stow on the Wold on Friday 25th July from 11am signing copies their new book, Giffords Circus: the First Ten Years. Each summer a small and glamorous...
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Giffords Circus at Madhatter Bookshop, Oxfordshire on 18/07/14
Giffords Circus will be at Madhatter Bookshop, Oxfordshire on Friday 18th July from 11am signing copies their new book, Giffords Circus: the First Ten Years. Each summer a small and glamorous part...
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Giffords Circus at Blackwells Bookshop, Oxford on 04/07/14
Giffords Circus will be at Blackwells Bookshop, Oxford on Friday 4th July from 11am signing copies their new book, Giffords Circus: the First Ten Years. Each summer a small and glamorous part of...
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Steve Lewis at Brick Lane Bookshop, London on 01/07/14
Steve Lewis will be at Brick Lane Bookshop on Tuesday 1st July signing copies of his new book, An East End Album. The pictures in this book show the changes that have happened in the East End of...
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Barbara White at The Bath Preservation Society, Royal Crescent, Bath on 10/07/14
Barbara White will be at The Bath Preservation Society, Royal Crescent, Bath on Thursday 10th July holding a launch for her new book, Queen of the Courtesans: Fanny Murray. Fanny Murray was an...
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Janet Brennan-Inglis at Blackwells, Edinburgh on 24/07/14
Janet Brennan-Inglis will be at Blackwells, Edinburgh onTuesday 24th July holding a book launch of her new book, Scotland's Castles: Rescued, Rebuilt and Reoccupied. There wiill also be a talk and...
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Janet Brennan-Inglis at The Bookshop in the Mill on Fleet on 12/07/14
Janet Brennan-Inglis will be at The Bookshop in the Mill on Fleet on Saturday 12th July holding a book launch of her new book, Scotland's Castles: Rescued, Rebuilt and Reoccupied. There wiill also...
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Return to Whiteleys
It was wonderful very recently to return to Whiteleys in Queensway, to take part in filming episode 1 of the new documentary series Shopgirls. My book, Whiteley’s Folly about the founder of the famous...
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Vintage London: 1910 to 1960
The past is almost always seen in black and white. Various factors have conspired together to ensure that the public perception of colour photography is that it is a relatively recent invention,...
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