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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PETER ROSS RANGE is a world-travelled journalist who has covered war, politics and international affairs. He served as TIME correspondent in Germany and Vietnam and as White House correspondent for ...

Alex Waite. Alex Waite is a publisher at Springer Nature. Inspired by a friend’s dedicated conversion of a Parcel Force truck into a beautiful home, she decided to collate an incredible selection of ...

The late PETER BRANDON was a prolific author of books about Sussex, and a knowledgeable and inspirational speaker. He inspired many landscape geographers and historians, residents and visitors with ...

JOHN HILL led B Company of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Berkshire Regiment in the fighting against the Japanese during the Burma campaign of 1941-45. He died in 2002.

CHRISTOPHER RIDGWAY is head curator at Castle Howard, chair of the Yorkshire Country House Partnership, and adjunct professor at the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates at ...

Mike O’Connor. Mike O’Connor is a powerful and engaging storyteller who performs at many events across the country. An important researcher into Cornish music and folklore, he has been awarded the OBE ...

Patrick Watt was born in Inverness and grew up in the seaside town of Nairn. In 2000, he moved to Edinburgh to work for the Scottish Government, before transferring to the National Archives of ...