Telling the story of four generations of grocers starting with a small shop in Hatfield .

A light hearted look at the history of the conspiracy theory illustrated by many examples past and present

Fran Sandham tells of his year long walk across Africa solo, from Namibia's Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean near Zanzibar.

A brief history of World War I at sea and a detailed account of the sinking of the Lusitania on the 7th May 1915

In this month's talk Stephen Ashley will suggest that there was a lot more to Renaissance sculpture than just Michaelangelo and the Florentine gang.

In her talk, Deborah will discuss the process of turning books into films, her misadventures in Hollywood and what happened in India when they filmed her book. A report of ...

Sea levels have been much lower in the past, and our early ancestors once made their homes in areas now covered by the sea.

Telling the life story of a fascinating woman and contemporary of George Eliiot and best known as one of the founders of the National Trust.

Celebrating the history of the male voice choir movement in Wales

Kevin will talk about the Beatles, concentrating on the period when they were together as a group during the 1960s.

Starting with what we know about pottery in the earliest human settlements and ending with the Industrial Revolution in Stoke on Trent.

In a period of ‘fake’ news, when politics is more angry and divisive than ever before how can the BBC fulfil its obligation to represent us all?