The majority of Nottinghamshire’s women remain unknown to history but they were often far from voiceless. The region’s female ...

Yvonne Singh details the lives and legacies of five Black British journalists who should be as well known as George Orwell.

‘No one can know all she had to go through. The merciful judgement of all connected with that terrible life lies with God; And we may all be thankful that it does.’ Doomed survivor of a family of ...

A Social History of the Upper Severn Navigation 1660-1900 ...

The diaries kept by Violet Carey during the occupation of Guernsey show precisely how the German invasion affected the lifestyle of an upper middle class woman. Whilst never indulging in self-pity, ...

Communications and Coal looks at Brunel’s return after the completion of the Taff Vale Railway, which included schemes for an alternative Irish route through mid- and north Wales and a direct crossing ...

The British monarchy fascinates us, but why wouldn’t it? The list of kings and queens that we have been subjected to features a dazzling cast of characters, and we routinely debate over who deserves ...

Pink Floyd formed in London in 1965, signed with EMI in 1967, and recorded their first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which was released to immediate acclaim in the same year. Since then, the ...

The River Trent swells from a mere trickle in North Staffordshire into a mighty tidal waterway. For many people it marks the point where the ‘North’, region of real ale, flat caps and even flatter ...

One American's Journey from Russia Optimist to Prisoner of the State ...

Steve Hall STEVE HALL is a historian, author, novelist and renowned Titanic researcher. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities on her photographic record, having collected, studied and ...

Only six men can lay claim to wearing the famous Savile Row tuxedo of James Bond; more people have stepped on the moon. Yet, hundreds more came within an inch of winning the coveted 007 role – the ...