Who?   When I write a history story I have to decide when the action is going to take place – and also where to set it. I also have to dec...

Bob Johns paused on the stairs and cocked his head to one side. He could hear his father’s snores. He smiled to himself and stepped carefull...

With history we often talk about silent voices – those who have no voice and who had no chance to tell their story. Children could be percei...

In 1945 the people of Lakeland welcomed three hundred child Holocaust Survivors into their community. Lake Windermere (photo Susan Brownrigg...

As well as looking at pictures and photographs, interviewing people, going to museums, watching films, YouTube, historical documentaries, re...

The garden of my house in Perth, Scotland, lost its iron rail fence in World War II – not to an enemy bomb, but to patriotism. All over the ...

Secrets.   We all have them. Some are small – when you’ve eaten your little brother or sister’s sweets or bought a surprise for your mum’s...