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Tuesday 11 July 2023
Far from Home: Civilian Internment in the First World War by Ally Sherrick
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Tuesday 4 July 2023
Britain's Brown Babies: The True Story Behind Fablehouse by E. L. Norry
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Although Fablehouse is a book for 8 to 13-year-olds in the genre of magical adventure, with elements of Arthurian myth and legend, much of t...
Thursday 29 June 2023
The History of soap - from Mesopotamia to Port Sunlight by Susan Brownrigg
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Who discovered soap and when isn’t known, but 3,000 years ago the Sumerians in southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq) were using a soap solution ma...
Wednesday 21 June 2023
Operation Banana by Tony Bradman: a very personal view of the Second World War
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The story of how a book comes into existence is often deeply rooted in its author’s life. For me that is particularly true of my book Operat...
Tuesday 13 June 2023
The History of Holidays by Catherine Randall
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The first holidays were religious festivals or holy days, which is of course where the word ‘holiday’ comes from. In Britain, these were tr...
Wednesday 7 June 2023
Greenwich Palace: London's Lost Palace by Matthew Wainwright
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Wednesday 24 May 2023
Museum of London Docklands by Jeannie Waudby
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I grew up in a sea port (Hong Kong) on an island, so travelling by boat was a weekly part of my childhood. I’m still fascinated by rivers an...
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