Welcome
About us
British history can be lots of things, it can be fun, horrifying, challenging, contentious, sad, inspiring, funny and great, but never dull!
I am an independent historian with a passion for British history, warts and all! The history of books and periodicals, not current opinions, the history of antiquarian sources, not modern narrative. My focus is Great Britain, domestic events and pre WWI.
The aim is to provide an overview of a topic, a person, an event, a place etc. with identified sources to allow the reader to evaluate and explore the source material and search for further information. I am not here to judge the people and events of the past, rather to give life to the words of people that recorded history and the world as they saw it, that contributed to history for good or ill and hopefully some context with time, place and beliefs.
I have a diverse and much-loved personal library of works from the 17th century to the present day. Many of the books are long out of copyright and discoverable online via free access projects. Many modern sources are used and website links are provided as references for easy exploration.
I hope, over time, to build a website that people will use to explore and enjoy the wonderful history of our wonderful Island from folklore to ‘facts’ and everything in between.
This is a non-commercial endeavour to provide concise and easy to read articles on all aspects of the domestic history of Great Britain. There are no subscriptions or advertising, the time of the writer, editor and occasional contributor is given freely and in good faith.
For anyone that would like to comment or suggest a correction please follow the link at the bottom of the page for the associated Twitter account. No other form of contact is offered to avoid complicated data/GDPR policies.