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Why is commemoration important? Lucinda Gosling shares her thoughts...
Last month, I drove my eldest son up to York where I left him, with a duvet and minimal cooking skills, to embark upon three years of university education. We both shed a tear as we said goodbye, and,...
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The Friday Digest 07/11/14
This week's update features the first photograph of a human being, medieval chess pieces and luminous balloons in Berlin. * The Belgium refugees who made their home in Baildon during the First World...
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Maureen James at Wisbech Library on 18/11/14
Maureen James will be at Wisbech Library on Tuesday 18th November from 7-9pm signing copies of her new book, Cambridgeshire Folk Tales. Modern-day Cambridgeshire is a county of diverse landscapes:...
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Why is commemoration important? Lucy Adlington shares her thoughts...
At 11am on November 11th I was sitting at the window of a Victorian farmhouse looking out over a village duck pond. I wondered how people ninety-five years ago had felt, hearing of the armistice in...
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The sound of remembrance
The last time I wrote on the theme of remembrance I wrote about how Remembrance Day can be a rare moment to reflect on those who have lost their lives in conflict, to think about loss in our own...
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Grace Banks and Sheena Blackhall at Books and Beans, Aberdeen on 13/11/14
Grace Banks and Sheena Blackhall will be at Books and Beans, Aberdeen on 13th November signing copies of their new book, Scottish Urban Myths and Ancient Legends. Monsters, lunatics, vampires,...
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Steve Smith at N&N Mill Library, Norwich on 13/11/14
Steve Smith will be at N&N Mill Library, Norwich on 13th November 14 from 6-7pm holding a launch for his new book, Great War Britain Norfolk: Remembering 1914-18. The First World War claimed...
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Maureen James at Cambridge Central Library on 26/11/14
Maureen James will be at Cambridge Central Library on Wednesday 26th November from 2-4pm signing copies of her new book, Cambridgeshire Folk Tales. Modern-day Cambridgeshire is a county of diverse...
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Miker Galer at Waterstones, Derby on 15/11/14
Miker Galer will be at Waterstones, Derby on Saturday 15th November 11.30am-2pm signing copies of his new book, Great War Britain Derby: Remembering 1914-18. The First World War claimed over...
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David Rose at Guildford Institute on 24/11/14
Dave Rose will be at the Guildford Institute on Monday 24th November launching his new book, Great War Britain Guildford: Remembering 1914-18. The First World War claimed over 995,000 British...
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Brian Jones at Waterstones, Peterborough on 25/11/14
Brian Jones will be at Waterstones, Peterborough on Tuesday 25th November 14 signing copies of his new book, The Peterborough Book of Days. Taking you through the year day by day, The...
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Jim Wilson OBE at Jarrolds of Norwich on 25/11/14
Jim Wilson OBE will be at Jarrolds of Norwich on Tuesday 25th November from 6.30pm signing copies of his new book, Cold War: East Anglia. This is the story of how the Cold War impacted on the...
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David Parker at Torquay Museum on 26/11/14
David Parker will be at Torquay Museum on Wednesday 26th November from signing copies of his book, The People of Devon in the First World War. Thematically divided, this fascinating study...
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The Friday Digest 14/11/14
This week's update features the controversies of remembrance, the importance of heritage and why the humanities matter. * A fascinating look at the scale of the British war effort in the First World...
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The Detective Story and the Downton Trend
It is the twenty-first century, the time of iPhones and iPads, yet the traditional English detective story is as popular as ever. The whole of Agatha Christie's oeuvre is available in various shapes...
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Manorialism - where did it all begin?
Some of you may have heard the term 'Lord of the Manor'. Manorial Counsel Limited will be writing a series of blogs explaining the realities of these titles and their importance in English history....
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Malcolm Green at Prior Hall, Hexham Abbey on 27/11/14
Malcolm Green will be at Prior Hall, Hexham Abbey on Thursday 27th November from 7pm signing copies of his new book, Northumberland Folk Tales. These folk tales reflect the wild and secret...
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The soldiers of Ypres
From the perspective of the early twenty-first century – 100 years after the First World War it can be hard to comprehend the background, motives and character of soldiers in the Great War. In Britain,...
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Tactics at Ypres
The British had learned hard lessons in the Boer War at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Boers were natural riders, hunters and marksmen equipped with excellent German Mauser...
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Votes, wages and milk - East End suffragettes in the First World War
In popular accounts of the outbreak of the First World War in Britain, mention is sometimes made of the fact that the Women's Social and Political Union suspended their militant campaign for the vote...
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