Out of Birmingham: George Dixon (1820-98), 'Father of Free Education'
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Forster's Elementary Education Act of 1870, which paved the way for compulsory and free education in...
John Baskerville, Type-founder and Printer, 1706-1775
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The Baskerville Bible of 1763 is perhaps the most famous work published by Cambridge University...
The Psalms: A Historical and Spiritual Commentary
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Remarkably enough, there is a scarcity of modern commentaries on the Psalms for the more general...
One-eyed Baz: Barrington 'Zulu' Patterson, One of Britain's Deadliest Men
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Blinded in one eye by a childhood incident, his tormentors called him 'One Eye' or 'Cyclops'; it...
Move Along, Please
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At 10.41am on a Tuesday morning in September, Mark Mason boards the number 1A bus at Land's End in...
Robert Simpson -- Composer: Essays, Interviews, Recollections
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Robert Simpson (1921-1997) was a composer whose thinking was sometimes alarmingly uncompromising. In...
Sisters of the East End: A 1950s Nurse and Midwife
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Heart-warming tales of nursing and midwifery from the Sisters who worked with Jennifer Worth. "A...
A Shadowed Livery (Inspector James Given Investigations #1)
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The first book in a page-turning historical mystery series! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie,...
Historical Fiction Pre-World War 2
Top Fear: The Remaking of a TV Legend
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'Today and every day for me, up until May 2016, is all about the first episode of the brand new Top...