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Secrets from the workhouse
ITV’s new two-part ‘Secrets from the Workhouse’ (concludes Tuesday 2nd July, 9pm) has provoked a new flurry of interest in the institution which, over the years, has generally had a pretty bad press....
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The Falls Curfew: Reassessing the Past
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The History Press. On 3 July 1970 at approximately...
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The Friday Digest 05/07/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * The site where the body of Richard III was found is being re-excavated in an attemot to find out more...
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BOOK REVIEW: Mabel Keeps Calm and Carries On (Edited by Vicki Thomas)
‘During the Second World War, I worked in an empty building by the Thames. It had been used by the Thames Conservancy Board. When war came, they moved out and I was moved in. I stayed there for most of...
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Q&A with David Lassman and Terence James
Here at The History Press we are big fans of crime fiction and we jumped at the chance to ask two of our authors some questions about the ins and outs of writing historical crime fiction. From social...
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Heroes, villains and smoke-filled tunnels: the history of London's...
When the Metropolitan Railway opened in January 1863, conveying its first passengers from Paddington to Farringdon beneath London’s streets, it was hailed by The Times as “the great engineering...
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The Orange Walks
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The History Press. 'Northern Ireland is a country...
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The Friday Digest 12/07/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * Sport (and tennis in particular) has been top of the news agenda this week after Andy Murray became the...
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The importance of saving our historic pubs
During summer there’s nothing quite like supping on a pint in the uniquely British setting of an historic pub. So it’s a sad fact that so many of the nation’s hostelries are closing and some of our...
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Idle thoughts on becoming a mistress
My husband is always falling in love. The women he finds attractive are always my exact opposite: tall, slim, young and exceptionally beautiful. Not, that I am particularly short, fat and ugly, nor am...
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The Friday Digest 19/07/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * It has been nearly 50 years since 'The Great Train Robbery'. The incident would became infamous for...
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Do you prefer print books or ebooks and WHY?
For many people, their summer holiday is the only chance they get to fit in some reading. Your bag is packed, your passport is ready and you have carefully chosen which books by which authors you are...
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How do you choose your summer reading?
For many people, those blissful few days when they are on holiday, are the only time that they have for settling down with a good book. But with thousands of books published every month, and the added...
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A short history of 'Atom Heart Mother'
Atom Heart Mother. Well, where to start? Not one of Pink Floyd's albums that's so familiar to the average person on the street, although far more know THAT cover. Lulubelle the Third (as legend has it...
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Real Ninja Tricks
Even today, in our world of forward thinking history documentaries, packed with state of the state CGI and dramatic story telling, the myths of Japan still hold on to the romantic, bound by a thick...
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The Friday Digest 26/07/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * You would have had to be living under a rock this week if you haven't heard that the Duchess of...
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In praise of famous men: Thomas Cromwell.
Thomas Cromwell, who died by the headsman’s axe on 28 July, 1540, is now nearly a household name. He is the hero of Hilary Mantel’s award winning novels. TV programs, dramas and stage plays with...
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Hannah Greg: The Lady of Cotton
Born in 1766 Liverpool to a family of linen merchants, Hannah was barely a teenager when her father died. She inherited his Dissenting faith and a small fortune from him and from her uncle, but she...
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Bad Companions: London murderesses who shocked the world...
Of the six murderous women featured in Bad Companions, perhaps one feels most sympathy for the servant girl, Eliza Fenning. Not only could she read and write, she was described as young, petite and...
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Orford Ness: The land of secrecy
The Suffolk coast is a land of mysteries and secrets, smugglers and ghosts, myths and legends. The drowned city of Dunwich and the tale of the Merman of Orford, the terrifying visits of the fierce...
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