History Magazine
The Dinner Party – 1970s Style
In the 1950s and early 60s, entertaining at home had meant a cocktail party with nibbles rather than a sit down meal. A decade later, with a mortgage to pay and money a little tighter than before, for many couples the dinner party was an ideal way to socialise…
The Forest of Arden
The Forest of Arden was once a mighty forest in the heart of England. Over the centuries it gained a reputation as a wild place, sheltering wolves, thieves, bandits and cut throats. Though much depleted, small pockets of this once vast forest can still be found…
The Forty Elephants Gang
In the crime-ridden underworld of Victorian London, a group of working-class women rose to notoriety. This was the all-female gang of ‘hoisters’ known as the Forty Elephants (or Forty Thieves), whose speciality was shoplifting from high end department stores. For them, life was a rollercoaster of thieving, lavish spending and prison…
Inspirations Behind Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights is the story of the doomed love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, a tale of passion and violence. First published in December 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, it was astonishing to discover that the novel was actually written by a parson’s daughter, who lived on the edge of the wild and remote Yorkshire Moors.
