The Royal Yacht Britannia has been rated the UK’s favourite historical attraction, according to a new Which? survey. The Queen’s former yacht, permanently moored on the waters of Leith in Edinburgh, came out on top when members of the consumer organisation were asked to rate the UK’s 50 most visited historical attractions on criteria including … Read more
HISTORICAL By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 13 August 2020 THE GOVERNESS by Wendy Holden (Welbeck £12.99, 400 pp) THE GOVERNESS by Wendy Holden (Welbeck £12.99, 400 pp) At 22, Marion Crawford was a progressive, Left-leaning teacher whose heartfelt vocation was to educate children … Read more
It’s 1888 and Daniel Bones, the unhappy, 14-year-old habitué of a fenland village, is co-opted as an apprentice to the maverick Captain Clarke B.
A photographer has recreated the portraits of famous historical figures using their direct descendants – and the results are strikingly similar to the originals. British artist Drew Gardner spent years carrying out in-depth research tracing the relatives and verifying their lineage before creating the collection – which includes replica images of Charles Dickens and Emmeline Pankhurst. To … Read more
Gone With The Wind is to be restored to the HBO Max streaming platform after it was abruptly pulled from the service last week after coming under criticism for romanticizing slavery, amid a nationwide re-evaluation of cultural values. But when the film finally returns, it will be accompanied by an introduction from Jacqueline Stewart, a … Read more
HISTORICAL By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 7 May 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 7 May 2020 WHEN WE FALL by Carolyn Kirby (No Exit Press £12.99, 352 pp) WHEN WE FALL by Carolyn Kirby (No Exit Press £12.99, 352 pp) Thick fog, a Tiger Moth plane and an emergency landing … Read more
HISTORICAL By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2020 | Updated: 22:44 GMT, 9 January 2020 MISS AUSTEN by Gill Hornby (Century £12.99, 416 pp) MISS AUSTEN by Gill Hornby (Century £12.99, 416 pp) ‘Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was?’ asks the … Read more
HISTORICAL By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 6 February 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 6 February 2020 THE MERCIES by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Picador £14.99, 352 pp) THE MERCIES by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Picador £14.99, 352 pp) In starkly beautiful sentences Kiran Millwood Hargrave, up until now a bestselling children’s author, … Read more