Social & Cultural History

Notable writersincluding UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglowcelebrate our fascination with the hous...

First used to gauge New England's ever-changing weather, now viewed as American folk art, historic weathervanes have been a part of the region's...

This history begins with the earliest brewers in the colony--women--revealing details of the Old Line State's brewing families and their methods...

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, chosen by Tom StoppardA revelation.Marc Weingarten, Washington PostAcclaimed film director Billy Wild...

A groundbreaking history of Europe's new lefts, from the antifascist 1920s to the anti-establishment 1960sIn the 1960s, the radical youth of Wester...

A history of Reading's iconic gaol: architectural landmark, cultural emblem and symbol for a community determined to cherish the town's heritage. L...

Aberdeen is rich in history, much of it hidden. Now, in Hidden Aberdeen, Dr Fiona-Jane Brown explores the city through new eyes, revealing new stor...

Winston Churchill famously described the political alliance between the US and UK as a ''special relationship'', but throughout the cultural histor...