We all know of of the various wars, the Famine and the pivotal events which have made the Ireland what it is today, but few know the stranger aspects of the nation’s past. From body snatchers, to ...

From Celtic myth to gothic horror, this book contains Scottish folk tales of love and loss in all shapes and forms. Stories ...

Since the 1930s, Walt Disney and the Disney corporation have brought us some of the most magical and spell binding cinema ...

Author Dermot Turing answers questions about the forgotten Second World War codebreaking women of Bletchley Park.

Read more in The Dark Little History of Somerset by Mike Dean. A study of the past teaches us that human nature and behaviour have not fundamentally changed over the centuries, and that history has ...

The Witches and Wisefolk of Wales and the Borders talks about the history behind these unknown magical figures.

On a beach near Naples in October 79 CE, more than three hundred people were standing on a beach, hoping for an evacuation.

Bracknell is one of the post war New Towns so you would be forgiven for thinking there is no history to the settlement. Bracknell’s history is unique. Author Andrew Radgick author of The Story of ...

Author Graham Watson details the influence and legacy of one of our most famous female authors, Charlotte Brontë.

A stunning story and an important work. Caroline has single-handed excavated this history of ordinary women detained in extraordinary circumstances by one of the country’s most respected universities.

Following seven years of investigation and intelligence gathering, including archival searches around the world, Phase One of The Missing Princes Project is complete. The evidence uncovered suggests ...

Excavated cat bones and cat images on vases and coins are proof that cats were padding about southern Italy at the end of the fifth century BC. By the time we get to the Roman Empire, there must have ...