The first appearance of Ariadne Oliver in a novel Poirot, Colonel Race, Superintendent Battle and Mrs Oliver attend a party ...

March 17 th is Saint Patrick’s Day, the feast day of the saint traditionally credited with converting Ireland to Christianity in the 5 th century. The date has become an occasion to celebrate wider ...

Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis ...

Professor MARK CLAPSON is a much published and frequently cited writer on social change and urban development. Educated at the Universities of Lancaster and Warwick, his research interests include ...

MARNIE PALMER now lives near Bath with her new partner, John, and their two Jack Russell terriers. Her former five-star jetset lifestyle has been replaced by a retirement of gardening and fly-fishing.

ANNE JOHNSON has been a Londoner for fifty years. She is a professional storyteller and songwriter who is committed to bringing live storytelling and music into schools as the Director of Everyday ...

ALEX RAWLINGS was crowned Britain’s most multilingual student in 2012 and is fluent in 15 languages. He has lived in five different countries and acts as a language ambassador, representing the UK ...

JOHN MARTIN ROBINSON is a well known historian and writer with some seventeen previous major publications to his credit, mainly on aspects of architectural history, country houses and heraldry; ...

‘Jo Stanley has fearlessly explored the depths of maritime history, discovering treasures along the way. Read this book and find out why.’ Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship: A Human History, ...

Not many people know that between 1718 and 1775 over 52,000 convicts were transported from the British Isles to America, mainly to Maryland and Virginia, to be sold as slaves to the highest bidder. It ...

Over three decades ago the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, the former pride of the White Star fleet, was discovered – or, perhaps, re-discovered – two and a half miles below the surface of the Atlantic ...

The anchorite, or religious recluse, has been a part of Christian religious life since its early days. They lived solitary lives out in the desert – indeed, these solitaries became collectively known ...