Diaries, Letters & Journals

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the most important men of science in nineteenth century Britain. His discoveries of electro-magnetic rotatio...

Florence: Ordeal by Water was absolutely indispensable during my research for Still Life. Here, finally, was a vivid eye-witness account of the 196...

The First World War brought extraordinary opportunities to those who were or had been professional soldiers. There are few clearer examples of this...

Letters from Helfenberg tells the story of a family and a house, and between the lines also of two countries, Germany and England, over a span of f...

Friday Night Dinner and Timewaster Letters creator Robert Popper's new book of brilliantly funny letters, from Britain's oldest letter writer.'Ridi...

Who are you? Why are you, you? What kind of person do you want to be?You Are A Global Citizen challenges us to take a deeper look at our role as gl...