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Patchwork quilts are hugely evocative emblems of our domestic past. With no two quite the same, each example hints both at the story of the particular household in which it was …
Sir Winston Churchill was one of Britain's greatest leaders and an iconic figure. Prime Minister twice (1940–5 and 1951–5), his political career – with its many ups, downs, …
This book explores beer's six-thousand-year history and explains how different styles emerged through the use of different materials and processing methods. The story is brought up …
The burden of the Great War was not shouldered by soldiers alone: the tasks, the camaraderie, the day-to-day life and the devastation were all shared with the animals that …
London’s royal parks are among its most beautiful and beloved spaces: just as much as the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace or St Pancras Station, the mere mention of Hyde or …
London’s many cemeteries, churches and graveyards are the last resting places of a multitude of important people from many different walks of life. Politicians, writers and …
For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing computerisation and the arrival …
As millions of young men marched off to war, they left behind mothers, wives, sisters, and sweethearts who were determined to contribute to the British cause. Women enrolled as …
From cooks and clerks to weapons analysts and air mechanics, generations of women have served in the Wrens (Women’s Royal Naval Service or WRNS). The Royal Navy was the first of …
Death has been a source of grief and uncertainty for humanity throughout history, but it has also been the inspiration for a plethora of fascinating traditions. The covering of …