Women and the crime of bigamy

Unusually, my story begins at the end with the perplexing death certificate of my great grandfather William Taylor. William died aged 71 in May 1938, in Gosport, Hampshire, and the death was registere

If she had given the monarch a male heir, the crowns of England and Scotland might never have been united

This is one in a series of articles; the intention is to provide an overview of useful family and local history records in existence, covering the period 1066-1485. Each article can be enjoyed as a st

Is the jury out? The Government is proposing ...

Jewish teenager who volunteered for the Dutch resistance ...

Last Christmas, Kieran O’Brien MRCVS opened up the world of the urban horse in Victorian times. Here he describes the care of their rural counterparts