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

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

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

Eliza Acton is the forgotten hero of our culinary past. A debt of gratitude to her is what Delia Smi..

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

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

Oscar Wilde's story of the The Canterville Ghost tells the tale of a malevolent ghost who discovers ..

The adventures of Mr Verdant Green, an Oxford freshman, is a wonderfully amusing and engaging accoun..

This heart-warming account of veterinary life traces Ivor Smith's early days as a student at univers..

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

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

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

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

In the grey September of 1944, Colonel von Dodenburg's SS battle group Wotan became the Fuhrer's Fir..

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