Letters from william wilberforce, 1799–1800

On 10 August 1948 Felix Hull became Berkshire’s first county archivist. He was working out of the basement of Reading’s old Shire Hall, now the Roseate Hotel, and collections under his care eventually

Before the introduction of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales in 1837, it is the parochial registers recording the baptisms, marriages and burials of our ancestors

Ironmongers’ Hall, London EC2 The home of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers

Shop of the month Bennison Fabrics, No 16, ...

AS the official residence of King Charles and the headquarters of the British monarchy, Buckingham Palace has been populated by many famous names over the decades. Since 1993, those of us not destined

The waspish diaries of an establishment insider