Short Histories
Bite sized chunks of interesting, important and inspiring history that deserves to be remembered and explored.
Covid, and the economic havoc it brought, will pass one day. Britain's real crisis is with its identity. more
A brutal attempt to wipe out an entire culture and displace thousands of people, and how it can be linked to modern Scottish nationalism more
At least six, but probably eight, women lost their lives to a cruel and sadistic killer who stalked west London's suburbs in the 1960s. Despite a huge police investigation, 'Jack t... more
On Wednesday, 20th January 2021, Joseph R Biden Jr. will be inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. Which aspects of the day will be new, and which are dictated by ... more
The strangest year in living memory is coming to an end...but how unprecedented has it really been? more
Henry Wainwright had a successful business and a family. He also had a terrible secret... more
On Monday, 25th November 1963, three funerals are held in America. They are held for three men whose fates had tragically intertwined in Dallas over the previous few days more
With the 2020 election just one week away, here's a look at the closest and most controversial presidential elections of the last 100 years more
A short piece on why I love history - and why you should too! more
A little known story of a passenger ship that sunk in the River Thames in 1878, taking over 650 people to a filthy, watery grave more