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2nd October, 2025 in Aviation, Biography & Memoir, Transport & Industry
Whitney Straight is a fascinating story of speed, courage, romance, determination and tragedy. Drawing on Straight’s diaries, photograph albums, and extensive archival research on both sides of the Atlantic. Biographer Paul Kenny answers our questions to bring this extraordinary…
26th September, 2025 in Folklore
Hackpen Hill was gateway to a otherworld where the fairy folk lived. This story is about how like the shepherd Ambrose, most who go to fairyland and then escape spend the rest of their lives longing to return. Enjoy this magical story extracted from The Anthology of English Folk…
25th September, 2025 in Biography & Memoir, Women in History
In Muv: The Story of the Mitford Girls’ Mother, Rachel Trethewey uses original research and first-hand testimony to tell Sydney Redesdale’s story in full for the first time, revealing a major influence for her daughters’ resolve, self-assurance and extremism. Nancy, Pamela, Diana…
17th September, 2025 in Society & Culture, Trivia & Gift
Have you ever found yourself wondering how to brew the perfect cup of coffee, or why your kettle whistles? In Physics Around the Clock, Michael Banks answers explains what physics can reveal about so many seemingly ordinary aspects of your daily routine. 1. The perfect way to coo…
1st September, 2025 in Maritime
It’s been exactly 40 years since the world was treated to blurry black-and-white visuals of the torn apart Titanic wreck – for the first time since April 1912 (officially), thanks to new era technologies that the investigators of the disaster apparently never dreamed of in 1912….
19th August, 2025 in Folklore
Since the 1930s, Walt Disney and the Disney corporation have brought us some of the most magical and spell binding cinema experiences of all time, with the vast majority of their films retelling traditional folk and fairy tales. As children, we all remember watching with wide-eye…
14th August, 2025 in Military, Women in History
Bletchley Park is perceived as a world of male intellectuals supported by a vast staff of women in menial roles – a place where men helped sway the course of the Second World War. But women were not just typists and clerks. They had serious, full-on codebreaking roles. And not ju…
13th August, 2025 in Local & Family History
England is a country which, despite its relatively small size, has a long, varied and colourful history, and much of this can still be seen and understood if you know where to look. Each of its villages, towns and cities has its own tales to tell, and the area generally known as…
13th August, 2025 in Folklore, Local & Family History
Wales holds in the popular imagination a reputation of magic, mystery, and ancient ways. A land apart from its’ neighbours, Cymru has been a destination for centuries, but more importantly it is home to a proud culture. Yet, despite the richness of its’ heritage, only certain asp…
14th July, 2025 in Folklore
An Irish folklore story from the new book The Anthology of Irish Folk Tales Volume II out July 2025. Every county in Ireland has its own tale of the Leannan Sidhe, the fairy lover, and County Derry is no different. The story is told of a young man trying to withstand the romantic…
20th June, 2025 in History, Society & Culture, True Crime
Seasoned journalist, acclaimed author, and true crime historian, Neil Root, delves into one of Victorian society’s most explosive scandals – The Cleveland Street Scandal. A precursor to the prosecution of Oscar Wilde, this book exposes deep-rooted corruption within the Victorian…
2nd June, 2025 in Local & Family History, Military
Tens of thousands of men and women performed heroic acts on the Home Front during the Second World War. Most were not recognised by the authorities, nor would the heroines and heroes have wished to be so commemorated – the real reward was successfully saving a person’s life.. The…
16th April, 2025 in History, Military, Society & Culture
In his book Under Fire, Stephen Bourne draws on first-hand testimonies to tell the whole story of Britain’s black community during the Second World War, shedding light on an oft neglected area of history. Drawing on a wealth of experiences from evacuees to entertainers, gove…
9th April, 2025 in History
In the thirteenth century the law and finances of each English county were under the jurisdiction of a sheriff (the word comes from ‘shire-reeve’), who was appointed by the Crown. Catherine Hanley author of A Pale Horse discusses who was the real sheriff of Nottingham. A shrieval…
31st March, 2025 in Folklore, Natural World
A magical mermaid story extracted from the new book Welsh Folk Tales of Coast and Sea by Peter Stevenson. The Welsh Utopia Amser maith yn ôl / A long time ago. The shallow sea in Cardigan Bay, from Pen Llŷn in the north to Ceredigion in the west, was once a mix of forests, lakes,…
3rd March, 2025 in Biography & Memoir, History, Society & Culture, Women in History
When Lady Dorothy Mills was a young girl, a female relative told her she would never be beautiful so she had better be interesting – and she was. Yet extraordinarily, this is the first book about this fearless woman who became the best-known female explorer of the 1920s and 30s,…
17th February, 2025 in Biography & Memoir, History, Women in History
Dr Catherine Hanley holds a PhD in Medieval Studies (Sheffield, 2001), is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is the author of historical works in several genres. Lionessheart is her latest book which follows the story of Joanna Plantagenet – princess, pioneer, captive a…
28th January, 2025 in Local & Family History
According to the make-it-up-as-you-go-along 12th-century historian Geoffrey of Monmouth, the River Humber was named after Humber, the King of the Huns. Learn more behind the history of Humber Crossing from Paul Sullivan author of new book The Little History of Lincolnshire. The w…
28th January, 2025 in Society & Culture
Michael Robb, a stalwart figure in the bookselling and publishing arena, has experienced first-hand the shifting tides of this well-loved industry over the past 40 years. From successfully running an independent bookshop in Essex for two decades, to transitioning into the publish…
22nd January, 2025 in Local & Family History, Maritime
When fishing boats were numerous, Scotland was a wonderful place to see them. Even now, it’s still possible to catch a hint of what used to be. Peter Drummond has roamed the coastlines and harbours of Scotland for over thirty years, always with his trusty camera in hand. Although…
20th January, 2025 in Biography & Memoir, Military
‘Before leaving, we were issued with rations for about two and half days. The weather was terrible, and very, very cold. We arrived at a place called Winterveldt. We had covered a distance of about twenty miles and our resting place was a barn with cold floors, with just a bit of…
7th January, 2025 in Local & Family History
If you’re ever walking along Corporation Street in Birmingham on a busy afternoon just stop and look around you. Listen to the noise, the chattering of voices, the distant hum of traffic, then close your eyes. When you open them again imagine you have been whisked away in a time…
5th December, 2024 in Local & Family History, Military, Women in History
John Lander author of new book Don’t Delay – Enrol Today highlights the importance of the women’s land army in Hampshire during both World Wars. World War I The Women’s Land Army was established by the British government to recruit women and girls to work in Britain’s agriculture…
25th November, 2024 in True Crime
Simon Farquhar’s new book, A Deafening Silence: Forgotten British Murders, led him down dark roads as he trudged the wintry countryside trying to understand forgotten tragedies and talking to those whose lives had been affected by them. Here he reflects on why he wanted to tell t…
20th November, 2024 in Natural World, Society & Culture
Author Anne Strathie is a writer and researcher, whose three biographies of members of Robert Scott’s 1910-13 Terra Nova Antarctic expedition are published by The History Press. Her new book, A History of Polar Exploration in 50 Objects: From Cook’s Circumnavigations to the Aviat…
20th November, 2024 in Transport & Industry
What could be the role of a writer in fostering advocacy and encouraging change? Journalism may have an immediate activist approach, helping to shape and change public opinion, but what about books about the environment? The example of the late L.T.C Rolt, influential in the revi…
28th October, 2024 in Entertainment
The search for an actor to play James Bond did not start with the journey that ultimately led to the monumental casting of Sean Connery in 1962, but a full three years before in 1959 when 007 looked like making his cinematic debut in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. After yea…
21st October, 2024 in Folklore
A winter tale for cosy season from Anna Maria Vilhelmina Hellberg Moberg author of Swedish Folk Tales. Once upon a time there was a lonely, old man who lived in a little cottage in the woods. There, the old man sat all alone, as the sun was slowly setting and darkness engulfed hi…
14th October, 2024 in Biography & Memoir, History, Women in History
Emily Murdoch Perkins discusses her new book Regina: The Queens Who Could Have Been, a feminist ‘what if’ history looking at what would have happened if firstborn daughters had been crowned instead of firstborn sons. Where did the idea for the book come from? It all started…
30th September, 2024 in True Crime
Before Jack the Ripper, another monster prowled the waterways of Victorian London. The Thames Torso Killer has always lurked in the Ripper’s shadow, despite the fact he murdered and dismembered at least four people over two years. He started to kill in 1887, over a year before th…
Dermot Turing and Claire Hubbard-Hall were in conversation at Bletchley Park, the historic home of WWII codebreaking.📢📕
They discussed `Misread Signals`, Turing’s new book that, for the first time, uncovers the hidden stories of the female codebreakers who were long airbrushed from the official records.👩🏫
A huge thank you to Bletchley Park, Claire Hubbard-Hall, and everyone who joined us! It was a wonderful event!🏫
Get your copy of Misread Signals via the link in bio!
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HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH! ⭐
Throughout October, we will be shining a light on Black trailblazers who shaped history, but didn’t get the recognition they deserve.✨
Tell us in the comments: Who’s one figure from Black history that inspires you? We may feature them in one of our spotlights!💬
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1 reader, 10 obsessions...📚 Our list could go on forever!✨
What are some of your obsessions that we have missed? Let us know in the comments!🍂
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The book that, at last, draws Britain’s warrior monks from the shadows of history, `Warrior Monks,` is now available! 🤩 Author, Rory MacLellan, celebrated publication day by book hunting.🛡️
Endorsed by Tracy Borman OBE and Lucy Worsley, this is the must-read for every medieval history fan.⭐
Get your copy now via the link in our bio!⚔️
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🌟 Exciting news! 🌟 `Muv` is the Daily Mail’s Book of the Week! 🤩📰
“[A] clear-eyed portrait of the woman whose lot it was to be the mother of the rebellious Mitford daughters.”
Don’t miss the full review in today’s Daily Mail and be sure to get a copy of Muv via the link in our bio!📕⭐
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I love summer but... I have an itch🍂📕
Autumn is reader season and we have just the books for you!🍁🎃
Which of these are on your TBR?✨
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