Philippa Langley. PHILIPPA LANGLEY MBE is an historian and award-winning producer, best known for her discovery of Richard III in 2012. She is co-author of the bestselling The Lost King with Michael ...

By the 12th century the naming of inns and public houses was fairly common, and with pub names came pub signs. In a time when most of the working population was illiterate, pictorial signs were used ...

Slavery has existed for millennia in varying forms in all parts of the world. Affecting all races, gender and age groups. It is only in recent times that it has been globally outlawed with the United ...

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Geoff Holder. GEOFF HOLDER is a full-time writer covering such diverse subjects as walking, natural history, archaeology, music and art. He is the author of a number of titles, including The Guide to ...

If you thought the Cold War between East and West reached its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, then think again. 1945 was the year when Europe was the crucible for a Third World War. So concerned was the ...

Dermot Turing. DERMOT TURING is the acclaimed author of Prof, a biography of his famous uncle, The Story of Computing, and X, Y and Z – the real story of how Enigma was broken. He began writing in ...

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There have likely been anchorites and anchoresses in England since the first conversions, but none were recorded before the 11th century. From there, it was an idea that flourished rapidly for a few ...

Do you remember the docks? In its heyday, the Port of London was the biggest in the world. It was a sprawling network of quays, wharves, canals and basins, providing employment for over 100,000 people ...

The wreckage of RMS Titanic was discovered on the seafloor in 1985 and the first photographs were captured.A year later, a WHOI-led expedition returned with the deep-sea vehicle Alvin and Jason Jr., a ...

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, ...