Used for many centuries for administrative and legal purposes, the Domesday Book is the starting point for most local historians researching the history of their area and there are several ...

Now, he has written a short history of British architecture, aimed at the "intelligent layman". As Jenkins takes us through the various styles (Palladianism, the gothic revival, etc.), it sometimes ...

The author has been described by The Radio Times as "a man whose scatological, cartoonish but utterly factual style has put a firework under British history books". So you might assume that after ...

Malorie has written more than 60 books for children and has won many ... again showed that Malorie is one of the most important British writers alive. (Recap) Malorie Blackman's parents came ...

A Basingstoke author has published the first book on the history of British milk trains. The book, titled Milk On The Rails, is the result of sustained interest and extensive research by author ...

"It is one of the most contested and therefore one of the most exciting things to work on in the whole of British history ... what was written in the history books. "That was the moment we ...

LONDON — David Lodge, a witty and prolific British novelist and critic who gently satirized academia, religion and even his own loss of hearing in such highly praised narratives as the Booker ...