It’s not surprising, therefore, that many sheriffs gained a reputation for being selfish and grasping, none more so than the ...

A magical mermaid story extracted from the new book Welsh Folk Tales of Coast and Sea by Peter Stevenson. The shallow sea in ...

In the thirteenth century the law and finances of each English county were under the jurisdiction of a sheriff (the word comes from ‘shire-reeve’), who was appointed by the Crown. Catherine Hanley ...

How Cambridge University Locked Up Women in its Private Prison ...

MICHAEL RAYNER is Chair of the Battlefields Trust’s Battlefield Panel, and a member of Historic England’s Expert Advisory Group. He has been at the forefront of battlefield preservation and ...

The Adventurous Life of Lady Dorothy Mills, Explorer and Writer ...

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The Story of the Coronation and what it Meant for Britain ...

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Dr TONY HEATHCOTE studied South Asian History at SOAS University of London and, as curator of the Royal Military Sandhurst Collection, was for many years the principal curatorial officer in the ...

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