CATEGORIES

Widow’s Peak

Chris Hallam profiles the stage and screen career of Dame Joan Plowright

LAWRENCE of THE SORTING OFFICE

John Wright on the famous faces who once delivered the post

Sculpture Town

Susan Brewer takes a tour of Harlow’s exceptional collection of public artworks

MORE THAN JUST CHUCKLES IN CHURCH

Martin Handley remembers Derek Nimmo who, although best known for portraying bumbling clerics, did so much more on stage and screen

A CLASS ACT IN EVERY WAY

On the centenary of her birth, Robert Ross celebrates the prodigious talent of character actress Marianne Stone who squeezed maximum fun from minor roles

POSTCARD FROM EAST YORKSHIRE

Bob Barton enjoys visiting the cheeky, extrovert uncle, and the refined but eccentric maiden aunt of the East Riding as well as the “Land’s End of Yorkshire”

REMEMBERING THE FEW

Malcolm Triggs delves into the archives to uncover fascinating facts about some of those who played a significant role in the Battle of Britain

Joining the Breakfast Club

Simon Stabler does his bit to fight food waste

No Ordinary Joe

Simon Stabler speaks to Emmerdale and Doctor Who star Frazer Hines

WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY

A visual representation of the anxiety felt by the artist on a busy night in Oslo, this piece was a pivotal moment in his creative outpouring

It can appear as a 'golden age' - and one subject to much mythology

DR JOHN JACOB WOOLF ON THE LEGACY OF THE EDWARDIAN ERA

WORKERS AT WAR

In 1911, overworked and underpaid Britons downed tools and led the biggest industrial dispute the nation had ever seen

FORGOTTEN CONTRIBUTIONS

Lola Jaye reveals how Britain's black population helped to shape the Edwardian period - from medicine to politics

BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING

The Edwardian era saw countless courageous women rise up and shatter social mores - at home, at work and in public life

A Man of the Ages

Despite his love of the finer things in life, King Edward VII was a skilled and devoted ruler who modernised Britain's monarchy

MOVING WITH THE TIMES

While a rigid class system still remained, daily life was paved with exciting new opportunities for Edwardian Britons

6 THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ROMAN WOMEN

From breastfeeding to unusual beauty regimes, classicist Dr Annelise Freisenbruch reveals what life was really like for the wives, mothers and daughters of ancient Rome

Constance Markievicz's fight for a free Ireland

In 1916, the countess took up arms in a bid to rid Ireland of British rule, and later made political history as the first woman to win a seat at Westminster. But what shaped Constance Markievicz's beliefs?

The Benin Bronzes

IN A NUTSHELL

PARANORMAL COLD CASE

INVESTIGATING HISTORY'S MOST SPINE-CHILLING ENCOUNTERS

The Great Tea Race comes to a thrilling end

THIS MONTH... 1866

Manager at the Roman Baths and Pump Room

MY LIFE IN HISTORY

WHAT IF... ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND HADN'T BEEN ASSASSINATED?

Professor Paul Miller-Melamed and Nige Tassell question the mythologised importance of the Sarajevo assassination over the last century, and whether it really made World War I inevitable

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EDWARDIANS

Dr John Jacob Woolf answers key questions about a brief but momentous 'gilded age' for Britain

NEW WINDOW ON A GENOCIDE

The World War I aviation historical society Cross & Cockade International (CCI) has unveiled aerial photography depicting devastated villages and settlements in the Armenian Highlands, the scene of widespread atrocities

THE TET OFFENSIVE

It may have been a colossal military failure, but in many ways this campaign marked the turning point of the Vietnam War

Heroes of the Medal of Honor: RALPH PUCKETT

After capturing high ground at Hill 205 in Korea, US Rangers fought off repeated counterattacks. In the thick of the fighting, their commanding officer provided an extraordinary example of heroism

KITCHENER'S RECONQUEST OF SUDAN

With rival European imperial powers vying for influence in North Africa, Britain set about crushing the Mahdist forces once and for all

THE SIEGE OF KHARTOUM

While the Mahdi was making his moves in Sudan, the British were exerting their control over Egypt following the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882

Great Battles: THE BATTLE OF HUE

In 1968, as popular support for the US invasion of Vietnam faded, communist forces captured the city of Hue in just two hours. They only held it for a few weeks but it was a turning point in the war, and American history