When Hitler was striving for recognition and relevance in the political turmoil of the early Weimar years in Germany he gave ...

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For poor children living in 19th century London, every day was spooky, not just Halloween. London’s poorest families lived in ‘rookeries.’ These were heavily populated slums, subdivided to the point ...

In previous blogs we have explored the significance of certain dates during the Battle of Britain, including an evidenced argument that the Battle actually began on 2 July 1940, when Hitler first ...

One quiet Tuesday morning in spring 1832, a 12-year-old girl called Amelia Winterbottom made her way up the steep hill out of Greenfield, a small village in Saddleworth on the western edge of the ...

As the shops fill with plastic cauldrons and trick or treat signs are abound, it seems that everyone is looking for a little magic during the Halloween season. It is certain that Halloween merchandise ...

Murder of Mrs Sarah (Harris) Dormer, at Dial House Farm, Ashow, Warwickshire on Sunday August 29th 1819.

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Murder of Mrs Sarah (Harris) Dormer, at Dial House Farm, Ashow, Warwickshire on Sunday August 29 th 1819. It’s been over two centuries since the body of farmers wife, 59-year-old Mrs Sarah Dormer was ...