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On 13 March 1996 Thomas Hamilton walked into the gym hall of a primary school in Dunblane armed with four legally owned handguns and in less than four minutes fired 105 bullets, killing 16 young children, their teacher and injuring many more. It was a crime that first shocked the world then changed the nation.Based on original archival research and exclusive interviews with parents, politicians and police, One Morning in March tells for the first time the incredible and powerful true story of how, in their darkest hour, a band of parents used their grief as fuel in a fight to forever ban handguns in Britain, and create the tightest gun laws in the world.

Throughout LGBTQ+ history, suburbia has been seen as somewhere to escape from: a place where heterosexuality rules; where difference will not be tolerated; where youll never find a soulmate. But for many, those streets of twitching curtains and pebble-dashed semis were - or still are - a place to call home.From Addlestone to Wilmslow, Tales of the Suburbs explores the relatively untold twentieth century tale of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people in suburbia. Through remarkable archive material and original interviews, social historian John Grindrod reveals stories that are messy and moving, dark and funny, uplifting and extraordinary. Together, they reclaim suburbia as a space for all - or those that want it - where counter-cultural expression thrives despite the Neighbourhood Watch, and queer love and friendship bloom against the odds.

A comprehensive, fully illustrated A-Z guide to the English and Welsh parish church, dating from the post Roman period to the present day.Subjects covered include architecture, fitting an furnishings, traditions and customs, ecclesiastical history, and the role of the church in its community.

For over a century, the Middle East has been riven by conflict driven by Jewish and Arab nationalism. They came about at the same point in history with claims over the same territory. Their encounter has evolved into one of the most enduring and divisive geopolitical issues of the modern era one defined by its complexity and its extremism and unfolding against a backdrop of 24-hour rolling news and social-media outrage. A Forever War: Israel, Palestine and the Struggles for Statehood reflects on the key questions: How did this state of affairs come about? And will it be a forever war?At a time when so much coverage is based on prejudice, fear and ignorance, Colin Shindler, Emeritus Professor of Israel Studies at SOAS, presents an authoritative view of this tragic conflict and dissects the current situation. Tracing the religious, political and historical motivations of both sides throughout many decades of turmoil and upheaval, A Forever War is the concise and non-partisan overview of the conflict that is so sorely needed.

Whilst the war raged across Flanders fields, an equally horrifying and sometimes more dangerous battle took place underground.Beneath Flanders Fields tells the story of the tunnellers war, which still remains one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of the Great War.A wealth of personal testimonies reveal the engineering, technology and science behind how this most intense of battles was fought and won. They speak of how the tunnellers lived a relentless existence in the depths of the battlefield for almost two and a half years, enduring physical and mental stresses that were often more extreme than their infantry counterparts. Their lives were reduced to a complex war of silence, tension and claustrophobia, leading up to the most dramatic mine offensive in history launched on 7 June 1917 at Messines Ridge. Yet, Messines was not the end of their story, which continued with the crafting of a whole underground world of headquarters, cookhouses and hospitals, housing the innumerable troops who passed through this part of the Western Front.Here, this extraordinary, hidden world is revealed and the fragile legacy it has left behind on Flanders fields is brought to light.

Genealogy Methods and Techniques offers practical guidance on how to get the most from your family history research and be confident in the results. Suitable both for beginners who want to get things right from the start, and for experienced researchers with thorny problems to solve, this book offers tips and tricks for everyone. This book takes the reader on a journey through a series of research strategies, providing guidance at every step of the way. With clear explanations, real-life case studies and over 100 tables, charts and illustrations, it will equip you to apply best practices to your own research right from the start. Whether your research focuses on an in-depth analysis of a single individual or location, or tracing multiple generations of a family tree, this guide offers the structured approach and essential tools required to achieve reliable and meaningful results.

Published ahead of the centenary of the Queens birth, this beautifully illustrated book uncovers the hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world wars. **Features over 100 sumptuous images**From the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen Elizabeth II - faced the perils of abdication and assassination, revolution and the rise of fascism, the threat of invasion and all-out war. Their sartorial decisions, alongside those of their royal husbands, projected power and perpetuity, diplomacy and defiance.In this cinematic story of espionage and exquisite couture, Justine Picardie reveals the undercover lives of the creators behind the façade - including Hardy Amies, Cecil Beaton, Norman Hartnell and Edward Molyneux - and traces the ways in which visual iconography safeguarded the monarchy, even when their reign seemed to be hanging by a thread.Drawing on original research in the Royal Archives and her own experiences at Balmoral, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, Picardie explores the family feuds and international conflicts that challenged the Crown, and how royal fashion has long been wielded as a weapon.

This nationally important book reveals the untold story of the Irish tricolour: its true origins, a forgotten heroine, and the emblems it replaced. For the first time, a fully referenced history corrects long-standing myths and slurs surrounding Irelands national flag. It also reinterprets iconic Irish symbols from the harp and shamrock to the tri-spiral placing them within the broader journey toward Irish nationhood and national identity. Along Irelands road to a republic, key figures are restored to their rightful place from Owen Roe ONeill and Wolfe Tone to Thomas Meagher and Padraig Pearse.The book explores crucial turning points the rise of green as Irelands colour, the rebellions of 1642, 1798, 1848, and 1916, Catholic Emancipation, and the flags later use and misuse. A bold, insightful retelling of Irelands story through its symbols.

During the golden age of science, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a dedicated drive to accurately categorise nature and explain the natural world. Many enthusiastic naturalists, amateur and professional, set off to collect and classify plants and animals across the New World, and many of these finds still bear the names of those who discovered them today.The Noble Quest, previously Sightseers & Scholars: Scientific Travellers in the Golden Age of Discovery, features a new introduction that considers the growing catastrophic trend in species extinction today. The nine important individuals featured in the book encompass early naturalists William Bartram and Alexander von Humboldt; inquisitive aristocrats Charles Waterton and Prince Maximilian of Wied; professional collectors David Douglas, John Kirk Townsend and John Richardson; and the last of the field naturalists Henry Walter Bates and John Wesley Powell. All faced great adventures and hardship as they undertook their groundbreaking work, which makes for great armchair travel today.

London held a special place in Agatha Christies heart she wrote about the capital in every decade of her extensive literary career. In this refreshing take on Christies connections to the city in both her life and writing, Tina Hodgkinson retraces Agathas footsteps, visiting her former homes, fashionable restaurants, luxury hotels and other London locations that she and her characters frequented. Following the bespoke walking guide within, readers can step out into Agatha Christies London, too.Discover the Apothecaries Hall in the City of London, where Agatha sat her medical exams, the hospital she worked in during the Second World War, the former headquarters of the Detection Club and the theatres, where her plays were performed.This detailed but accessible compendium will delight fans both old and new.

Forget 1066 the making of England began centuries earlier.After decades of devastating raids, Viking armies first overwintered in England in 850. In doing so, they opened a century of conflict and reaching ambition. In Norway, Harald Fairhair rose from a regional chieftain to become its first king, while in England Alfred the Great preserved Wessex from conquest and laid the foundations for unity. His successors extended that vision, leading to the creation of a single English kingdom after the meeting of kings at Eamont Bridge in 927.Meanwhile, the struggle for Norways throne erupted among Haralds heirs, with Eric Bloodaxe briefly claiming the Crown before being overthrown by his younger brother, Hkon. Upon fleeing to Britain, Eric was allowed the York throne by King Edred. After his violent death in 954, there would be no more kings in York.This turbulent century saw kings rise and fall; it saw rivalry, betrayal and open conflict. Out of the chaos of shifting allegiances and warfare, England and Norway began to take shape as the forebears of the countries we know today. In First Kings, join R.A.J. Waddingham on an action-packed, page-turning adventure through the age of the Vikings.

An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes.A fantastic journey through an overlooked archive bursting with humanity and real life on every page.DAN SNOWAmong the most vivid social histories Ive read about contemporary queer life in Britain.OISIN MCKENNA, author of Evenings and WeekendsIn opening the Switchboard archive, and all the vulnerability and thrill contained within its pages, this book manages to capture something of the essence of what it means to be alive.AMELIA ABRAHAM, author of Queer IntentionsIn a crawlspace at the offices of Switchboard, a queer helpline in operation since 1974, lies dozens of log books kept by volunteers describing the phone calls they had taken: a teenager whose parents had kicked them out of home for dressing as the wrong gender; a lesbian terrified of having her baby taken away from her; a man arrested for chatting up another man in a public toilet; a young person wanting to know how to come out.These logs were traces of tens of thousands of queer lives, a bridge to a past hidden from people like Tash Walker and Adam Zmith in their youth, captured by people who lent an ear to those in need. Walker and Zmith came of age in the time of Section 28, a law which banned councils and schools promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship. In recovering these logs, they encountered people grappling with feelings, questions and problems both familiar and different, and set out to learn from - and sometimes speak to - those on both sides of the calls.Charged with joy, gossip, sensuality, humour and sometimes fear, and with a potent relevancy to the world today, these stories are brought together in The Log Books. Walker and Zmith capture queer lives in stunning detail, embarking on a journey of both collective history and self-discovery and propelling it into the very foreground of our national history.One of the most intimate portrayals of LGBTQ+ history as youre going to get . . . moving and informative in equal parts.HUNGER Magazine

Una fascinante historia del mundo antiguo desde sus márgenes, más allá de Grecia y Roma. Una fascinante historia del mundo antiguo desde sus márgenes, más allá de Grecia y Roma. ¿Cómo era vivir en los margenes de los antiguos imperios, en los limites del mundo conocido? Muchos griegos y romanos pensaban que las fronteras de su mundo marcaban el final de la civilizacion. Gracias a las excavaciones arqueologicas, hoy sabemos que en las fronteras de lo que consideramos el corazon de la civilizacion existieron culturas vibrantes y complejas. Owen Rees explora los poderosos imperios y pueblos diversos de Europa, Asia y Africa, mas alla del alcance de Grecia y Roma, y el resultado es una mirada sorprendentemente rica y reveladora sobre el mundo antiguo.

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Más allá de clichés, tópicos y verdades aprendidas a medias, lo que sucedió en España desde 1898 hasta hoy no es muy distinto de lo que sucedió en el resto de Europa. No, España no es diferente.El eslogan turistico Spain is different encarna la maxima expresion de la singularidad española en el siglo xx, sobre todo porque fue concebido por la dictadura franquista, que ofrecia un triste, si no humillante, contraste con la Europa occidental democratica y prospera.Sin embargo, esta obra argumenta que, desde el desastre de 1898, el colapso de la Segunda Republica y la tragedia de la guerra civil hasta la imposicion de una larga dictadura y la Transicion, España no ha sido diferente. Aunque ha seguido su propia trayectoria hacia la modernizacion, lo ha hecho sin desmarcarse del contexto europeo al que se adscribe.

Carmen Gallardo recopila de manera magistral la cara más desconocida de doce reinas que se arriesgaron a vivir contra juicios y expectativas.Las casaron siendo apenas adolescentes con príncipes homosexuales, crueles, locos o debiles. Bajo el terciopelo y las sedas de suntuosos vestidos se ha escondido mucho dolor, ultraje y humillacion; aun asi, cumplieron con el deber: dar un heredero a la Corona. Pero no con el de guardar fidelidad eterna. Y pagaron por ello.A lo largo de los siglos, amor y sexo no siempre han ido de la mano en las casas reales. Mientras que los reyes paseaban junto a sus favoritas por la corte, las reinas eran moneda de cambio para facilitar los intereses regios. Algunas se resignaron a convivir con las infidelidades del rey; otras, se resistieron. Reinas infieles se centra en estas ultimas y nos presenta, con solvencia, el retrato mas intimo de doce mujeres que transgredieron los limites de la moral de la epoca y reivindicaron su derecho al deseo o a la venganza.Urraca I de Leon, Margarita de Valois, Maria de Sajonia-Coburgo y Gotha, Isabel II de España, Catalina la Grande o la dolce Paola son algunas de las reinas que desfilan por estas paginas, despojadas de juicios y valoraciones anacronicas, con la corona bien alta.

Un homenaje a los héroes invisibles. Una reflexión sobre la memoria histórica. Una novela contra el fascismo.Yo no fui amigo de André Chaix, ¿y acaso podría haberlo sido, cuando no nos une casi nada?Solo un nombre en el muro.Chaix fue un resistente, un maquis, un joven con una vida tan breve como la de tantos otros.Yo no sabia nada de el. Pregunte a la gente, recopile fragmentos de una memoria colectiva, me hice una idea de quien habia sido. Durante mis investigaciones, descubri muchas cosas por casualidad, casi de milagro, y enseguida supe que queria contar su historia. Seguramente, todas las vidas tienen algo de novela. Pero algunas mas que otras.Han pasado ochenta años desde su muerte. Aunque viendo como va el mundo, no tengo duda de que hay que seguir hablando de la Ocupacion, del colaboracionismo y del fascismo, del rechazo del otro hasta su aniquilacion. Este libro da voz a los ideales por los que Andre Chaix murio y se cuestiona nuestra naturaleza profunda, ese deseo de pertenecer a algo mas grande que nosotros, que conduce a lo mejor y a lo peor.

Tras decadas de silencio, Carmen Guillén arroja luz al organismo franquista encargado del adoctrinamiento moral de las mujeres caídas.De entre todos los fragmentos que componen la compleja historia del siglo XX español, pocos capitulos resultan tan oscuros y reveladores como los vinculados a las instituciones represivas del franquismo. La mas longeva y, sin embargo, la menos conocida es el Patronato de Proteccion a la Mujer.Desde 1941 hasta bien entrada la democracia, esta institucion apuntalo su labor sobre cuatro pilares: trabajo y oracion para redimir; disciplina y castigo para adoctrinar. En el cruce de intereses entre Iglesia y Estado, la doctrina catolica sirvio para legitimar este control femenino. Miles de mujeres de todas las edades, procedencias y contextos socioeconomicos fueron entonces condenadas sin delito y encerradas sin juicio en nombre de esa moral. Bajo un disfraz de caridad se oculto una realidad llena de abusos, trabajos forzados, robo de bebes y violaciones sistematicas de los derechos humanos.Este libro analiza el Patronato como una pieza clave en la arquitectura moral y politica del franquismo y examina la huella que dejo en quienes lo padecieron y en una memoria colectiva que aun intenta asumir ese pasado.

Una obra imprescindible para entender cómo la guerra ha conformado el mundo en que vivimos.La guerra ha desempeñado un papel trascendental en la historia, por lo que resulta difícil identificar algún campo de la actividad humana en el que no haya dejado su impronta de forma mas o menos acusada. Una historia habitualmente marcada por las ansias de poder y de riqueza y por la incapacidad de los gobiernos para resolver las crisis mediante la negociacion, pues, como insinuo Clausewitz hace dos siglos, la guerra es la mas patente manifestacion del fracaso de la politica.En este libro, Fernando Puellde la Villa un reconocido especialista en el ambito militar ofrece un analisis riguroso y accesible que recorre los principales hitos belicos de los ultimos seis siglos: desde las innovaciones tacticas que transformaron los imperios hasta las batallas que dejaron una profunda huella en generaciones enteras. Y se centra, en particular, en el papel clave que ha desempeñado España en muchos de esos avances militares, habitualmente ignorados.