Author: David Ross

England hosts the World Cup finals - and Sherwood Strikers provide the home squad with five players, including midfielder Thomas Headley. But the n...

From poverty to immense wealth, from humble beginnings to international celebrity, George and Robert Stephensons was an extraordinary joint career....

This popular history of Wales, now in its third edition, tells the story of Wales from Celtic origins to joining the Union, up to Brexit and 2019. ...

From 1988 to 2017 David Ross was the Highland Correspondent of The Herald. His patch stretched from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to the Shetlan...

Charles Edward Stuart (31 December 1720 - 31 January 1788), was commonly known in Britain during his lifetime as The Young Pretender, and Bonnie ...

Queen Victoria (4 May 1819 - 22 Jan 1901) is the UK's second longest-reigning monarch after Queen Elizabeth II, with 64 years between becoming quee...

Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson KB (1758 - 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. Admired for his leadership, strateg...