Take a closer look at some of the personal reflections and experiences of Black civilians, servicemen and women on VE Day, ...

COLM WALLACE is passionate about Irish history. He has a first-class honours masters in History and has written and edited several books, including The Little History of Galway for The History Press.

In the thirteenth century the law and finances of each English county were under the jurisdiction of a sheriff (the word comes from ‘shire-reeve’), who was appointed by the Crown. Catherine Hanley ...

In his book Under Fire, Stephen Bourne draws on first-hand testimonies to tell the whole story of Britain’s black community during the Second World War, shedding light on an oft neglected area of ...

It’s not surprising, therefore, that many sheriffs gained a reputation for being selfish and grasping, none more so than the most famous (fictional) postholder of all: the Sheriff of Nottingham in the ...

PEDRO GOMES is Reader in Economics at Birkbeck, University of London. He studied for his BSC in Economics in his home town of Lisbon and received his PhD from LSE in 2010. A leading researcher on ...

PETER ROSS RANGE is a world-travelled journalist who has covered war, politics and international affairs. He served as TIME correspondent in Germany and Vietnam and as White House correspondent for ...

30 September 2015 saw the 25th anniversary of the cessation of the clandestine aerial reconnaissance campaigns conducted by Britain, France and the United States (US) in the Berlin Air Corridors and ...

Amser maith yn ôl / A long time ago. The shallow sea in Cardigan Bay, from Pen Llŷn in the north to Ceredigion in the west, was once a mix of forests, lakes, rivers, swamps and saltmarsh. The nomadic ...

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