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JAMES BROOKE-SMITH teaches English and Film Studies at the University of Ottawa. His first book, Gilded Youth: Privilege, Rebellion and the British Public School, was published by Reaktion Books to ...

DAVID DEAN BARRETT has published work in WWII Quarterly magazine and Global War Studies and is the history content consulting producer for Lou Reda Productions’ forthcoming documentary on the U.S.

ELLEN CHESHIRE is a freelance film researcher, writer and lecturer. She has published books on biopics (for Columbia University Press), Ang Lee and Jane Campion (for Supernova Books), Audrey Hepburn ...

TRACEY NORMAN is an historian and author with a particular interest in witchcraft cases. She is the author of the acclaimed play WITCH, using actual witch trial documents to tell the story of a ...

CATHERINE LORIGAN has a BA (Hons) in Medieval and Modern History, an MSt in English Local History, a PhD in Cornish Studies, an MA in Music and a Diploma in Vernacular Architecture with distinction, ...

CLIFFORD ISMAY is currently engaged as director of Maryport Maritime Museum. Until the death of its founder he was privileged to have been Governor and Northern England representative for the Titanic ...

In 1550 Rochester was the only Medway town. It dominated the river estuary and an agricultural hinterland in which Strood, Chatham and Gillingham were nearby villages, reliant on fishing and farming ...

SARAH E. DOIG is a historical researcher and author, as well as a popular speaker on the local history circuit across East Anglia. Her interest in local history was sparked by genealogical research ...