Cian Manning author of ‘I Love Me County’ provides a brief history of Waterford and its legacy. The Gentle County, Waterford, can boast a proud sporting tradition. It is as long as it is varied. It’s ...

Concorde was conceived in the 1950s, first flew in the 1960s and then took over 2.5million people to ‘the edge of space’ at twice the speed of sound for the rest of the 20th century. And into the 21st ...

How the Victorian Establishment was Almost Brought to its Knees ...

The Royal Hospital Chelsea as a home for old soldiers has always been associated with warfare. The Second World War however represents a unique chapter in the history of the institution as the ...

Kevin Cahill KEVIN CAHILL is an investigative journalist and author of ‘Who Owns Britain’ (Canongate) and ‘Who Owns the World (Penguin Random House). He was also the primary researcher behind The ...

Bill Laws, Henrietta Green (Foreword), ...

How Britain took one small boy and hundreds of treasures from Ethiopia ...

Belinda Curwen’s interest in the SOE was inspired by her father, who was an SOE field agent in Greece. She did her BA and MA in the history of art and architecture, before embarking on an editorial ...

The Story of the Coronation and what it Meant for Britain ...

How Cambridge University locked up women in its private prison ...

Jonathan Swinton has a PhD in mathematics and has worked as a mathematical biologist for thirty years, including as a Visiting Professor in the University of Oxford and as a Fellow of King’s College, ...

An acknowledged Titanic expert, Tom McCluskie (MBE) was seconded by H&W to help James Cameron make his epic Titanic movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. He is a regular speaker at ...