Historic photos of the Cheshire Blitz reveal the impact of WWII bombing raids, showing bomb damage across towns in the county of Cheshire and how they were rebuilt.
These old Cardiff stories were told before they were written down. Told, remembered and passed on. And there have been people living in Cardiff for over 6,000 years, so who knows how old some of these ...
When we think of the Blitz, our minds often go straight to major cities and industrial centres like London, Glasgow, and Coventry. But that’s only half of the story. Blitz on Cheshire is a look into ...
Learn about the influence of Greenham Common on feminist ideals and the message of empowerment passed down through ...
Not many people know that between 1718 and 1775 over 52,000 convicts were transported from the British Isles to America, mainly to Maryland and Virginia, to be sold as slaves to the highest bidder. It ...
Slavery has existed for millennia in varying forms in all parts of the world. Affecting all races, gender and age groups. It is only in recent times that it has been globally outlawed with the United ...
The anchorite, or religious recluse, has been a part of Christian religious life since its early days. They lived solitary lives out in the desert – indeed, these solitaries became collectively known ...
When the first Irish railway was opened in 1834, it did not go the whole way from Dublin (Westland Row) to Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), but only to Salthill (now Salthill and Monkstown). It was ...
Stories are important, folk tales echo the hopes and dreams of generations long lost in the mists of time. They will echo on, into the future, for as long as people will fall in love. The tragic story ...
On 28 August 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act was given Royal Assent and came into force on the following 1 August 1834. Its full bill title was ‘An Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the ...
Over three decades ago the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, the former pride of the White Star fleet, was discovered – or, perhaps, re-discovered – two and a half miles below the surface of the Atlantic ...
“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” attributed to oscar wilde That honey traps remain among the most widely known and least understood category of intelligence ...