Author: Simon Webb

Following the disruption, hardship and challenges of the Second World War, the post-war years brought a sense of optimism and excitement, with fami...

Judicial hanging is regarded by many as being the quintessentially British execution. However, many other methods of capital punishment have been u...

This is not a guidebook. This little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Kingston upon Thames. Learn about the movers and sha...

Seven years after the Roman invasion of Britain in ad 43, Londinium was created. It would rise to become one of the most important Roman cities in ...

In the years since the 7/7 attacks on the London transport system, many people in Britain seem to have become convinced that we live in uniquely da...

Taking you through the year day by day, The Colchester Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from differe...

Do you remember playing in streets free of traffic? Dancing to the Beatles? Watching a man land on the Moon on TV? Waking up to ice on the inside o...

Unearthing London reveals the almost-forgotten ritual landscape which lies hidden beneath the streets of the modern capital. It is the city nobody ...

This is not a guidebook. This little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Kensington & Chelsea. Learn about the movers and...

What was it like being a teenager in a world without computers, smartphones, DVD players, games consoles or the Internet? Imagine a time when shari...