As I write this blog post, Christmas lights are everywhere. The shops are blaring out the same melodies, shoppers crowd the streets and ther...

Thanks to the Time Tunnellers for inviting me to be your guest this week! I thought I’d use this opportunity to talk about Ferdinand. Ferdin...

The inspiration for this blog post came from watching the recent film adaptation of Catherine, Called Birdy, American author Karen Cushman’s...

Inside this little old church in West London, there is a monument to someone who made a lasting difference to the children of Greenford. Pa...

Hands up: who enjoys history class in school? Truth be told, I loved history lessons, but I found it all a little bit hard. I was focusing s...

This year the BBC is 100 years old! Happy birthday, BBC! Did you know that children have been central to the BBC for 100 years too? One of...

The national tourism organisation for Scotland, VisitScotland, has since 2009 been running themed years to celebrate aspects of Scotland – i...

To celebrate Black History Month 2022 , on this week's blog we have each chosen a favourite historical novel written by a Black or Asian...

The Butterfly Club books are about the ultimate kind of travel – time travel. They are about meeting like-minded people in other places. The...