Twelve or so years ago, I started a creative writing class in Cheddar, where I live. I tried out several venues, one of which was a house o...

Reviewed by Stephanie Williams I must have been about thirteen when my imagination was first captured by Akhenaten, the legendary pharaoh wh...

‘In the beginning, woman was the sun.’ Hiratsuka Raichō Moga , pictured in  Mainichi shimbun   ‘Modern gals’ If you had visited Tokyo in the...

by Deborah Swift During WW2 the government did its best to suppress the British Union of Fascists (BUF), but MI5’s effort to prevent fascist...

At the start of the second world war, the government realised that the Royal Air Force (RAF) would play a pivotal role in defending Britain....

Five years ago, almost to the day, in March 2020, the pandemic had taken hold and daily life as we knew it was turned upside down. Everyone ...

    The Middle Ages are having a bit of a moment, at least in the UK. This is a boon for me, as I am writing a "Plantagenet novel"...