'I need to know its story!' declared my daughter one weekend recently, as she prowled about the house, picking up this and that anc...

A lion dreams of whatever it is lions dream of.        " I have often felt the urge to start on this current project,” is the opening ...

 I've been a History Girl since the very beginning and I've never landed on a really iconic date. That is about to change - I'm ...

Over this last while, “History” has given me a hard time, bringing its echoes too worryingly close. The swirl of the pandemic sings of Plagu...

 Some of you may recall that I have an interest in the history of plants, and particularly in the extraordinary adventures of the plant hunt...

by Susan Vincent Fashion plate, 'A Sea Coast Promenade Fashion', La Belle Assemblee , 1 October 1809, V&A Museum, London, Given ...