As the Great Western Railway grew, it absorbed a huge number of railway companies, the astonishing f..

This book contains all manner of grim and ancient punishments from London's long and bloody history...

The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra t..

Was Winston Churchill fit to rule? Why was Marie Antoinette's wedding night a let down? What really ..

This book presents a delightful history of how Christmas has been celebrated in Britain over the pas..

Sir Winston Churchill's paternal grandmother (the mother of Randolph) has been a background figure i..

The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is one of the most (in)famous crimes in British history. The bulk of..

Throughout his distinguished career, Patrick Moore has, without a doubt, done more to raise the prof..

Joseph Carey Merrick, born in Leicester on 5th August 1852, is better known as the Elephant Man. Thr..

For 16-year-old Joyce the college building where she was about to enter represented privilege wealth..

Getting married in the 1950s was quite a different experience to how it is today. After the independ..

Steve Halliwell is best known as the loveable patriarch Zak Dingle in television's Emmerdale, a part..

When Betty Farmer married double agent Eddie Chapman, Agent Zigzag, she knew her life would never be..

The Auxiliary Territorial Service was formed in 1938 as Britain faced the threat of war. This is the..

Why was the Allied naval assault of February/March 1915 so unsuccessful? Did the Ottoman Turks have ..