King George V predicted that his son Edward VIII would destroy himself within a year of succeeding t..

The crime the criminals the victims and their families. And the biggest manhunt by British police.....

In The Pattern in the Carpet Margaret Drabble tells the history of the jigsaw a uniquely British for..

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation..

On 17 August 1860 wealthy widow Mary Emsley was found dead at home killed by a blow to the head. Wha..

I used to love the rattle and whoosh of my grandma’s buttons as they scattered from their Quality ..

Blood Iron and Gold reveals the huge impact of the railways as they spread rapidly across the world ..

In June 1940 ten-year-old Pam Hobbs took the long journey from her council home in Leigh-on-Sea to f..

It's September 1945 and Billy Hopkins is off to London to train as a teacher with only ten bob in hi..

He is a sergeant-major in the SAS. His task is to snatch a defecting Russian star-wars scientist fro..

The wonderfully evocative memoir of life in an all-girls boarding school in Suffolk in the early 196..

It is 1945 and victory marches fill the streets of London. Brenda and her friends happy that at long..

Tired of endless tarmac and keen to see more on his travels than the tail-lights of the car in front..

Cambridge spy Guy Burgess was a supreme networker. He also set a gold standard for conflicts of inte..

In this wickedly funny sequel to MI5 and Me it is the 1950s and reluctant typist and spy's daughter ..