Today, 3 April 2021, is the 300th anniversary of Robert Walpole being appointed First Lord of the Treasury, and so becoming the first, de facto, Prime Minister. It was the first time any single minister could be considered to be in control and it quickly became a position held by the leader of the government. […]Read More
Ed Bedford revisits Shakespeare's 'Henry VI' in the finale of a three-part feature series marking 560 years since the Battle of Towton.Read More
Ed Bedford revisits Shakespeare's 'Henry VI' in the second of a three-part feature series marking 560 years since the Battle of Towton.Read More
Ed Bedford revisits Shakespeare's 'Henry VI' in the first of a three-part feature series marking 560 years since the Battle of Towton.Read More
What Abigail Did That Summer is just as you would expect from Ben Aaronovitch. It is an eminently readable return to the world of his Rivers of London series. Set at the same time as Foxglove Summer, it fleshes some of the characters and ideas that are only lightly touched upon in the other books. […]Read More
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