The first outbreak of the Black Death in Europe killed millions (claims range between 25 to 50 percent of Europe’s population) and it remains one of the greatest catastrophes in human history. The ...

One American's Journey from Russia Optimist to Prisoner of the State ...

This collection of over 200 old photographs provides a fascinating insight into the places and the people that have made Bo’ness such a unique town in Scotland. Famed from its days as Scotland’s ...

In 1999 my expedition found George Mallory’s body on Mount Everest. The intense public interest in his tragic fate obscured the other actors in that dramatic story. The pioneers who attempted the ...

Elizabeth Goff ELIZABETH GOFF, known online as @thehistoricalgal, is passionate about bringing the Tudor world to life. With 100k+ followers on TikTok and 20k+ on Instagram, she shares engaging ...

Pink Floyd formed in London in 1965, signed with EMI in 1967, and recorded their first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which was released to immediate acclaim in the same year. Since then, the ...

Yvonne Singh details the lives and legacies of five Black British journalists who should be as well known as George Orwell.

The majority of Nottinghamshire’s women remain unknown to history but they were often far from voiceless. The region’s female ...

I tend to think of Derbyshire’s landscape as a beautiful patchwork quilt stitched together by its dry-stone walls. The fabric of the past may be reused or altered but look closely and traces of the ...

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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, ...