“Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?” The classic comedy of Monty Python’s Life of Brian sums up the modern perception that the Roman empire was a force for good. But there are darker aspects […]
March Giveaway!
This month we’re giving away a bundle of new historical fiction and non-fiction from Orion Books. One lucky history fan will win FIVE new books, including latest releases from Christian Cameron and Simon Turney. Just follow the instructions below to enter. You’ve got four chances to win: 1. Sign up to the Historia mailing list. We promise […]
History by the River March 18
History by the River is a monthly panel event with a social buzz for lovers of books, history and good beer. It’s a chance to get together with fellow readers and authors to hear about the best new historical writing, then discuss it all over a drink afterwards. With the hottest historical debut talent of […]
Review: Making Thunder Roar at the Brontë Parsonage Museum
Katherine Clements visits the new exhibition at
Exclusive Extract: Nucleus by Rory Clements
Rory Clements introduces an exclusive extract from his latest novel. In 1939, Jews in Nazi Germany
A Guide to Victorian Sex
What does Ballykissangel have in common with the dirtiest book of the Victorian era? This coincidence I stumbled upon while researching the counterculture of London’s swinging ’60s – that is, the 1860s. What happens offstage, behind the action, in the Victorian novels we know so well? I sought specifics: where did Dorian Gray go that […]
Jessie Eden: Working Class Hero
Catherine Hokin tells the story of Birmingham activist and campaigner, Jessie Eden.
Lady Constance Lytton: The Suffering Suffragette
On the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, when some British women were