Ann Oughton
Canvey Island
On 31 January 1953 Martin’s father, Len, and Auntie Vi are dancing at the local hop. Back home Martin…
Among the Dead Cities : Was the Allied Bombing of Civilians in WWll a Necessity or a Crime?
During the course of WWII, the air forces of Britain and the United States carried out a massive offensive…
The Sale of the Late King’s Goods : Charles l and His Art Collection
Charles I raised the sin of acquisitiveness to gargantuan heights. During his reign thousands of paintings, tapestries and statuary…
Kublai Khan : The Mongol King Who Remade China
Kublai was not born to rule; he was pushed forward by his ambitious mother. He inherited the largest land-empire from his…
A Night at the Majestic: Proust and the Great Modernist Dinner Party of 1922
18 May 1922, five of the greatest artists of the twentieth century met for supper at the Hotel Majestic in…
Bury The Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery
In 1787 a small group of men gathered in a London printing shop to discuss how they might be instrumental…
Ordinary Heroes
Stewart Dubinsky’s father never spoke of his experiences during WWII. After his death Stewart sorts through his deceased father’s papers…
King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
In 1897 or 1898, Edmund Dane Morel, a British shipping company agent working in Antwerp, noticed discrepancies in the cargoes…
Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland
From abracadabra to superstitions surrounding the yew tree, this comprehensive work details many well known as well as the more…
Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition and the Defeat of the Moors
In 1492, in an effort to free themselves from the yoke of the Vatican, Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain turned…
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