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The Kohinoor Diamond: The Mountain of Light

By: Diane Evans

Aneurin Bevan - Socialist Founder of the NHS: Welsh Great the Best Prime Minister the United Kingdom Never Had

By: Jeffrey Baxter

The Story of Violette Szabo: A Woman of Genuine Courage

By: Lynda Osborne

Holocaust Rescuer Honoured: Man Saved Hundreds of Czech Children before Nazi Invasion

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

Lord Louis Mountbatten: 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy of India

By: Carolyn M Cash

The Siege of Lathom House 1644: The Army of Parliament Assaults a Major Royalist stronghold

By: David Pilling

The Battle of Winceby, 11 October 1643: A Roundhead Victory over the Royalists in Lincolnshire

By: David Pilling

Piper Alpha Oil Rig Disaster: The Worst Oil Rig Accident in History

By: Feature Writer Kevin Guthrie

Reivers - The Irvings of Bonshaw: A Great Reiver Family of the Scottish West March

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Canonbie in the Debateable Land: A Scottish Borders Village of the Days of the Reiver

By: Thomas William Moss

Chinese Gordon and the Fall of Khartoum: William Gladstone's Slow Response Led to Disaster in the Sudan

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Reivers - The Border Lands are Pacified: The Reiver Clans are Persecuted Following the Union of the Crowns

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - The Great Raid of Tynedale: A Major Raid by the Reiver Clans of Southern Scotland

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Monition of Cursing of Gavin Dunbar: Reiver Clans of Scotland Suffer the Wrath of an Archbishop

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Book-a-Bosom Priest: Many Churches Were Abandoned for Years in the Times of the Reiver

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Walter Scott of Harden: Known as 'Auld (Old) Wat, a Reiver Writ in Truth, Legend and Lore

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - A Beautiful Redesdale Village: Elsdon in Redesdale Was a Target for the Reiver Clans.

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Parcy Reed of Troughend: A Feud between Two of the Reiver Families of Redesdale

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - The Maxwell - Johnstone Feud of 1593: Two Reiver Clans of Scottish West March Battle for Supremacy

By: Thomas William Moss

The Building of Bournemouth Pier: The Commissioners Fulfil their Obligations

By: Elaine Findlay

1802 Enclosure Act of Christchurch, Hampshire: The Christchurch Enclosure Legislation Gave Birth to Bournemouth

By: Elaine Findlay

A Short History of Boscombe Pier: The Story of the Life of a Victorian Seaside Attraction

By: Elaine Findlay

Reivers - the 'Day of Truce': Thieves and Murderers of the Reiver Fraternity Tried on the Border

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - The March Wardens: Borderlands Authority Sought to Bring the Reiver to Heel

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - An English West March Warden: A Crown Appointment to Combat the Reiver

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead: A Reiver in Despair at Theft of his Cattle Gets Help from the Clans

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Richie Graham of Brackenhill: Infamous Borderline Reiver who Evaded Arrest for Murder and Treason

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - The Hot and Cold Trod Was Border Law: Legal Pursuit Often Followed the Raids of the Borderland Reiver

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers – Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch: 16th Century Scottish Knight Masterminded Rescue of Scottish Reiver

By: Thomas William Moss

Jack the Ripper Mystery Solved? Historian Says More than One Murderer Responsible

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

The Titanic Memorials Around the World: Belfast, Southampton,New York and Halifax Have Main Monuments

By: James Parsons

Reivers – A New King Brought on the Busy Week: The Days of the Reiver Were Numbered With the Union of the Crowns

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers – Little Jock Elliot of the Park: Liddesdale Reiver Encounters Ilustrious Lord March Warden

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Rising of the North: Two English Earls Sought Refuge With Thieves of Southern Scotland

By: Thomas William Moss

The Reasons for Appeasement, 1938: Why Chamberlain Ceded to Hitler's Demands

By: Sara McCleary

British Imperialism and Music: The Sounds of Empire in Ballads, Anthems, and Military Tunes

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Reivers - Kinmont Willie Armstrong: Capture and Rescue of Scottish Reiver of the 16th Century

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Raid of the Redeswire in July 1575: A Reiver Truce Day Ends in Warfare and Death

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Bastles of the English Scottish Border: Fortified Farmhouses Built for Defence Against the Border Reivers

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Pele Towers of the Anglo\Scots Border: Fortified Homes gave the Border Reivers a Haven against Attack

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - The Debateable Land: A Haven for Border Reivers Wanted for Crime against the Border Law

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Hobbie Noble of the Crew in Bewcastle: Notable English Reiver is Befriended by a Scottish Border Clan

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - The Border Ballads: The Stories About Border Reivers Were Handed Down by Word of Mouth

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Clans of the English Scottish Border: The Reiver Families of England and Scotland

By: Thomas William Moss

Thomas Hobbes & John Locke: Who was the true liberal?

By: Barry Vale

The Changing Role of Women in Britain: Advances between 1900-1960

By: Barry Vale

The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster: The Loss of an Entire Royal National Lifeboat Institution Crew

By: Feature Writer Kevin Guthrie

Evolutionary Liberalism in Great Britain: Examines Changes in Liberal Economic and Political Thought

By: Barry Vale

Transportation and the Industrial Revolution: Canals, Roads, Steam Ships, And Railways

By: Barry Vale

Textiles and the industrial revolution: The British Textile Industry and Economic Developments

By: Barry Vale

How to understand Appeasement: Why Britain and France Appeased Germany and Italy

By: Barry Vale

Causes of the English civil war: Long-term and Short-term factors

By: Barry Vale

Reivers - Law on the Anglo Scottish Border: The Day of Truce Sought to Bring Justice and Peace to the Border

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Law on the English Scottish Border: The 'Day of Truce' Brought Criminals to Trial

By: Thomas William Moss

The Suffragette Movement in Great Britain: The National Women's Social and Political Union

By: Barry Vale

Reivers - Law on the Anglo Scots Border Marches: Trial of the Reivers in the Frontier Lands of Scotland and England

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Law on the Scottish English Border: The Marches of Scotland and England before the Union of the Crowns

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Wardens of the Border Marches: Law Enforcement on the English\Scottish Frontier

By: Thomas William Moss

The Innovations Of The Industrial Revolution: Technological And Industrial Innovations Developed In Great Britain

By: Barry Vale

Mark Cavendish: Wins Four Tour de France Stage Victories

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Royal Air Force: The Knights of the Air and their Role since World War One

By: Jo Lamb-White

Roald Dahl: RAF Fighter Pilot

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Paper Bombing of Germany. The Phony War!

By: Jim Osborn

Angus McBride: Legendary Military Artist

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Glen House,Peeblesshire, Scotland: A Stately Home and Film Location

By: George Frederick Winter

Dublin, Ireland's English Heritage: How Ship Street Illustrates The Irish Capital City's English Heart

By: Marc McLoughlin

Christmas Cards: The First Commercial Production of Yuletide Greeting Cards

By: George Frederick Winter

The Royal Navy vs the Kriegsmarine: Norway 1940

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Swinging London's Summer of Love: The 1967 Psychedelic Revolution

By: Alistair McCulloch

The Falklands War: The Air and Sea Campaigns

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

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