History Magazine
The Strange, Sad Fate Of James IV Of Scotland
James IV (1473-1513) was Scotland’s Renaissance king. Potentially as influential and powerful as his neighbouring monarchs Henry VII and Henry VIII of England, James IV was destined to die at the famous, or infamous, Flodden Field, along with the flower of Scotland’s nobility …
Saint Dunstan
St Dunstan was a tenth-century monk with a very eventful life, accused with witchcraft and most famously, allegedly confronting the devil himself…
The Lambton Worm – The Lord and The Legend
Legend tells of young John Lambton, fishing in the River Wear on a Sunday. Catching no fish, he cursed the river – and immediately hooked an ugly, little black worm…
The British Empire’s Role In Ending Slavery Worldwide
We hear much of the UK’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, but little or no mention is made of the pivotal role Britain also played in its suppression worldwide…
Green Police Boxes of Sheffield
One dark November evening in 1963, an unlikely form of time travel was revealed to the British public. The time-travelling Doctor Who had arrived on Planet Earth’s TV screens, and his intergalactic machine of choice was, of all things, a common-or-garden police telephone box…