Gina was one of the last generation of children to grow up in the Birmingham Back to Backs. She will share her experience of growing up in the "Workshop ...

Showing why the Saxon Era was anything but 'dark' and gave us a language, a system of government, many of the imperial measurements, and much, much more.

The Kindertransport (German for "children's transport") was an organised rescue effort that took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Comparing present day Japan to the 1880s when one of the first foreigners came to live and work in Japan after centuries of its isolation from the rest of the ...

Describing the wildlife of the limestone country in County Clare, western Ireland and the challenges it currently faces

Brian takes us on a journey back to the 60’s with original pictures and audio from the UK’s first offshore commercial radio station.

The Sunday evening programme has always attracted a large audience and is one of the longest running factual series on British television. Mike offers insights into how the programme ...

Martin presents three contrasting stories exploring the role that passports have played in history taken from his book 'The Passport, the History of Man's Most Travelled Document'

A welcome return by Dean to tell us the rags to riches story of a Rhondda valley boy who became one of Britain’s most popular actors of television and film.

A talk on the origins and evolution of the crime novel by the author of Welsh detective novels.

In this talk, Gavin will show how the most unpromising looking documents will still have information about the lives of ordinary people who have lived in Mid Wales before us ...

The village of Saltaire was built around the middle of the 19th century by Sir Titus Salt, a philanthropist and leading industrialist in the Yorkshire woollen industry. Today’s talk by ...