The Cooler King tells the astonishing story of William Ash an American flier who after being shot do..

At the age of 21 Monica Baldwin - the niece of Stanley Baldwin - entered one of the most strictly en..

Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent double agent tr..

“So you lot want to be pilots? Bloody hell Stalin’s had it now!” were the withering words of t..

For a young Mike Pannett growing up in North Yorkshire in the late 1960s and early '70s was a dream ..

It was on a Sunday night in 1928 that Billy Hopkins made his first appearance. Billy's tenement home..

It's June 1897 and Kate is celebrating her eleventh birthday on the day of Queen Victoria's Diamond ..

It is 1945 and victory marches fill the streets of London. Brenda and her friends happy that at long..

In the 1950s Jennifer Worth was a district midwife in East London. She worked with an order of nursi..

In 1938 Johnny Sherwood was a young professional footballer on the brink of an England career. By 19..

It's 1950 and when Laura and Billy Hopkins return to Manchester from their honeymoon they're in seve..

It's September 1945 and Billy Hopkins is off to London to train as a teacher with only ten bob in hi..

It's December 1963 when Billy Hopkins and his wife Laura arrive home in Manchester after five years ..

Brenda Ashford is 91 years old and spent 62 years working as a Norland Nanny.Brenda began training a..

Dear Mr Bigelow is an enchanting collection of weekly letters written between 1949 and 1961 from an ..