A mill worker’s diary, 1897

Discover how Biba earned its spot as the brand that epitomises 1960s and 1970s fashion, sparking a revolution in how people shopped. An exhibition looking at how fashion phenomenon Biba blossomed to b

I believe I accompanied my mother on two separate visits to see her sister who lived in Saltford, east of Bristol, and in May 1954, on the second visit, as I always started my rail journeys from the f

Without the generosity of one remarkable man, Sir James Roberts, the Brontë Parsonage Museum might never have come to be. Roberts’ own rags-to-riches story sounds like something from a book. He was bo

Travelling through North Wales reveals a landscape where industrial heritage, from the slate quarries of Snowdonia to the coal mines of Wrexham, sits alongside centuries of rural tradition. The area e

It’s now been 78 years since the Steam Trawler Sheraton washed up on Hunstanton Beach, and it’s been a Norfolk landmark ever since. At low tide, its metal ribs and corroding body are still clearly vis

LS Lowry is arguably England’s greatest artist. He painted a subject area that no one had ever painted before, the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution, and became popular with the general public to