Author: John Fairley

It was in large part the lure of riches, such as spices and gold, and the promise of fertile land which tempted the British and other Europeans to ...

Barely a decade passed from the Wright Brothers' first powered flight to aircraft becoming lethal instruments of war. The Royal Flying Corps and Ro...

In 1968 a group of young people took over a derelict trouser factory in a rundown part of Leeds and set about producing programmes that were to def...

Armistice Day in 1918 was arguably the most joyous day of the 20th century. As the guns fell silent, crowds celebrated across the Western world. T...

Horses of the Great War uses a wide range of superb contemporary paintings to explain the contribution of countless innocent horses to the war eff...