
Discovering King Henry III’s gold coinage – David Carpenter
David Carpenter, the author of, Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258, recounts his search…
David Carpenter, the author of, Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258, recounts his search…
Parish churches were at the heart of English religious and social life in the Middle Ages and the…
The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I’s execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then…
We’re heading over to Lindum Books for March’s Bookshop of the Month. Nestled on the historic Bailgate in…
The author Neil Gaiman once said ‘A town isn’t a town without a bookstore’ and we couldn’t agree…
Happy Year to all our readers! We are continuing our bookshop tour in 2020 starting with the vibrant…
Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become…
War and chaos in Syria and Iraq, violence in Afghanistan, and hopelessness in countries bordering war zones have…
What a year it’s been! We have journeyed the length and breadth of Britain to show you some…
For May’s bookshop of the month, we paid a visit to News from Nowhere, Liverpool’s radical and community…
For October’s Bookshop of the Month, we popped down to New Cross in South London to chat to…
In her new book, The London Cage, historian Helen Fry reveals what life was like in one of…
For September’s Bookshop of the Month, we chose Janette Ray in the lovely historic city of York. Janette…
Described by The Times as ‘the biographical equivalent of a buddy film’, Margaret Willes’ The Curious World of…
If you’re headed out to the countryside this summer, you should pop into the lovely town of Cheltenham,…