March is Women’s History Month when we celebrate the lives and achievements of women throughout history.  Until comparatively recently, m...

My childhood reading obsessions were with books about ponies. I had a whole shelf devoted to them – the Jill series by Ruby Fergusson, an a...

  The high street was another matter: now that the day was underway it was a crawling, heaving, swelling mass of life. Horse-drawn omnibus c...

I visited the fascinating London Museum of Water and Steam, to see how clean water saves people from disease. We all know now what it’s like...

Happy World Book Day everyone! We’ve got some great news. We’re thrilled to be able to announce that we have a new member of the team! Autho...

  What a can-do bunch the Victorians were! I decided to return to the Victorian age in my latest book Rivet Boy for a whole lot of reaso...

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...

One of my favourite movies of all time is Gladiator . The multi Oscar-winning film, directed by Ridley Scott, stars Russell Crowe as wronged...