Reviews

Simon Fowler The History Press, 276 pages, £20 With this year seeing the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and the prospect of the digitisation of most service records from 1921–196

The first series of WDYTYA? aired in 2004, and I started working on the programme two years later. My first episodes were broadcast in 2007 and featured rower Matthew Pinsent and actor John Hurt, and

‘Merry England’ is definitely a romanticised lens through which to view the later Medieval period. You only have to glimpse the often gory manuscripts and woodcuts to be reminded of this. But, for us

To some of us, post-1945 seems like yesterday – but if you are a younger researcher, this era could encompass several generations of your ancestors. More recent research is an important part of everyo

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS Amanda Leedham Pen & Sword, 176 pages, £14.99 Pen & Sword has now published more than 100 guides and handbooks for family historians, a remarkable achievement, and there’s no sig

Actor Andrew Garfield followed in the footsteps of his grandfather Samuel Garfinkel, born in Kielce, southern Poland, to uncover his Jewish heritage in the latest series of Who Do You Think You Are?.