Kitty Marion was sent across the country by the Pankhurst family to carry out a nationwide campaign ..

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

Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to..

In 20 meals The Hungry Empire tells the story of how the British created a global network of trade i..

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In the summer of 1941 bored and eccentric young officer David Stirling came up with a plan that was ..

This delightfully playful history uses 36 of our most expressive quriky beautiful and sometimes baff..

Who was Inspector Frederick Abberline the lead detective in the Jack the Ripper case? Why did he and..

Doctors nurses medics and stretcher-bearers must venture wherever someone is injured and the cry for..

September 1939. For years now Britain has been rudderless divided and grievously unequal. When war b..

The women imprisoned in Holloway have come from all corners of the UK - whether a patriot from Scotl..

Berlin September 1944. Ulrich von Hassell former ambassador to Italy and a key member of the German ..

From renowned booze correspondent Henry Jeffreys comes this rich and full-bodied history of Britain ..

In the first of an extraordinary three-volume account of the war James Holland reveals not only the ..

In 1940 Britain stood perilously close to invasion. One by one the nations of Europe had fallen and ..