Women’s Mental Health History

A Female Malady? Women in the Lunatic Asylums of Victorian London

Throughout history, terms of madness such as ‘lunatic’, ‘idiot’, and ‘feeble-minded’ have appeared on the records of both men and women. Yet…

Football History

Brothers in Football and War: Phil Smith (1885–1918) & Joe Smith (1889-1971)

Women and Power

Women in Local Government

Women in WWI

First World War Centenary: Remembering Women in the Services

Secrets of WWII

Book Review: Hitler’s Forgotten Children: the shocking true story of the Nazi kidnapping conspiracy by Ingrid von Oelhafen & Tim Tate (Elliott & Thompson, 2017)

Review of Dr Michael Passmore’s talk, “Homes for Heroes in Camden”

My Great Great Grandfather and the Great Confectionery Swindle of 1911

Criminal ancestors may have been a source of shame for our families in the past, but for today’s family historians their antics have created many useful and well-archived documents. Court records and…