11th November 1918. Charles William Scott, a Private in the 1st Kent Cyclist Battalion (British Army Cyclist Corps), died in…
Vaccination has saved millions, possibly billions, of lives. This fascinating book by Professor David Isaacs, a consultant paediatrician, tells the…
10th June 1793. Norris Scully married William English in the Parish of St Marylebone, Westminster. Norris made an ‘x’ in…
On this day in history, billions of events occurred. Some of these turned out to be important in the grand…
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We often hear negative things in the media about women in sport – unequal pay, lack of coverage on TV,…
This is my favourite kind of non-fiction book! I’d previously read two of Simon Garfield’s other books, To the Letter:…
Are you a Brontë fan? Do you already know a little about them and want to find out more? Then…
I wrote this poem last year for a competition. You had to write about an attraction in the Newark and…