
Wilkie Collins
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Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay...

William Wallace: The Man and the Myth
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William Wallace of Elderslie, younger son of a country knight, came to fame through his active...

Death in Disguise: The Amazing True Story of the Chelsea Murders
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Victorian Chelsea was a thriving commercial and residential development, known for its grand houses...

John Henry Newman: A Portrait in Letters
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John Henry Newman was one of the most eminent of Victorians and an intellectual pioneer for an age...

Devolution and the UK Economy
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The Scottish Referendum in September 2014 had significant and far-reaching consequences for the...

Children of the Mill: True Stories from Quarry Bank
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Channel 4's The Mill captivated viewers with the tales of the lives of the young girls and boys in a...

Aston Villa Greatest Games
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From the thousands of matches ever played by Aston Villa, stretching from the club's Victorian...

A History of the Southern Railway
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Thousands of cummuters south of the Thames use the railway daily, but how many know the fascinating...

The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake Around the Whole Globe
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'Their fruits be diverse and plentiful, as nutmegs, ginger, long pepper, lemons, cucumbers, cocos,...