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Author Simon Fower discusses tens of thousands of men and women who performed heroic acts on the Home Front during the Second ...
Author of The Cleveland Street Scandal, Neil Root answers a few questions about the gay scandal that nearly brought the Victorian establishment to its knees.
CATHERINE LORIGAN has a BA (Hons) in Medieval and Modern History, an MSt in English Local History, a PhD in Cornish Studies, an MA in Music and a Diploma in Vernacular Architecture with distinction, ...
Tracey Norman. TRACEY NORMAN is an historian and author with a particular interest in witchcraft cases. She is the author of the acclaimed play WITCH, using actual witch trial documents to tell the ...
A history of the building itself, told through the stories of the people, royal and common, good and bad, heroes and villains, who lived and died there. This book presents a microcosm of human ...
HUGH HOLLINGHURST was a deputy headteacher in Liverpool for twenty-six years. After retirement he wrote a number of books, mainly on local history and the art and architecture of Liverpool. He has ...
STEVE LEWIS’s early days as a press photographer were spent in the east end of London, during which time the photographs he took captured the gritty reality of life East End life in the 60s. In 1972 ...
ROGER JOHNSON and JEAN UPTON have been members of The Sherlock Holmes Society for many years and have both regularly contributed to its popular journal – a publication which Roger himself edits. Other ...
BRIAN SHORT has a BA and PhD from the University of London, FRGS. He is a Professor Emeritus (Geography) at the University of Sussex. He has been a council member of Sussex Archaeological Society and ...
20th June, 2025 in History, Society & Culture, True Crime. Ask the Author: Neil Root on The Cleveland Street Scandal. Seasoned journalist, acclaimed author, and true crime historian, Neil Root, delves ...
ROGER PROTZ is well known as a full-time writer on beer and pubs. He was the editor of the CAMRA Good Beer Guide from 2000-2018 and a columnist for What’s Brewing and BEER magazine. He is the twice ...
PETER FLEMING is Senior Lecturer in History and Co-Director of the Regional History Centre at the University of the West of England, Bristol. He is the author of Discovering Cabot’s Bristol: Life in ...