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Searching for your miscreant ancestors through the comp
Crime has always been popular with family historians. We all love a rogue (up to a point, anyway), and finding out you’re related to one can lead to some interesting avenues of research. The more seri
Essex: A county bounded by water, flat, marshy and called by some the “graveyard of witches”. Between 1500 and 1800 over 1,000 men, women and children were executed for the crime of witchcraft in the
YUAN YI ZHU ON LAW
Anonymous says the immigration system is broken beyond repair, thanks to activist barristers and a hopeless Home Office
This World Mental Health Day (10 October), take a moment to reflect on the experiences of our ancestors who were mentally ill. How were they looked after, and where? Before the mid-18th century, the U
Discover the last surviving court of houses that once dominated the Midlands, and hear the stories of the workers who built Britain’s second city