We take summer holidays for granted but back in the 1940s war had gripped Britain. Bombs fell beache..

1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph his body left to rot by the ro..

Liverpool 1917. When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with ..

It wasn't a privileged childhood but it was a happy one. Sybil and Lizzie Cream brought up in a fish..

Ireland 1160. Aoife MacMurchada is just 14 years old when her father Diarmit King of Leinster is bru..

After the death of leading haematologist Professor Anstruther antiquarian book dealer Anthony Sparro..

Halloween 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its w..

The final novel in the heartwarming Lancashire-based Gibson Family series by beloved saga author Ann..

Cornwall 1914. Edith Fairchild's good-for-nothing husband Benedict deserted her when their children ..

“For the most part the dead man received public sympathy. A decent hardworking chap with not an en..

London 1818. MP Sir Roger Mellanby attends a performance of Macbeth at Covent Garden featuring Hanna..

The Welsh Borders 1069. When Ashdyke Manor is attacked Lady Christen is forced to witness her husban..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

1940. As the bombs rain down on London a close-knit community struggles to survive. Working at the l..

A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that 17-year-old Ruby Dinsdale has known. Even wit..