From china cups to letter bombs

The Daily Sport ran an article about me once. They sent me a mock-up before it went to press, and I had two notes of crucial feedback. Firstly, the headline read: “Possessed by Demons… we all have a f

DAVE ANNAL is a genealogist, author and lecturer ALAN CROSBY is the editor of The Local Historian and our columnist (see page 13) ANTONY MARR is a fellow, and previous chair, of AGRA and a former depu

Are social media and a safety-first culture harmful to children?

“I’m one of those wacky wild swimmers,” he says. “Rain or shine, summer or winter, regardless of what country I’m in, I try and find someplace.” To justify the appeal, he draws on nature writer Roger

Discover the zealous leaders who kickstarted centuries of holy war

When I think about challenging family history problems – those knotty “brick walls” that have defied our attempts to solve them for months or perhaps years – I think about two basic divisions of genea