At the start of the Second World War, a little known aircraft designer came up with the idea of some new bombs. They were to ...

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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 ...

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Simon Leyland is the author of Curious London (Bantam/Random House) and several other works. He blogs at simonleyland.net and is based on the west coast of Ireland.

GEOFFREY FLETCHER (1923–2004) was educated at London University and the Slade School of Art. An artist, writer and leading architectural figure, he produced over thirty books about London, and between ...

BRIAN SMITH, FSA, FRHistS, has known Gloucestershire since 1941. After eight years as deputy county archivist from 1968 to 1979. Subsequently he was appointed secretary of the Royal Commission on ...

ROGER D. THOMAS is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Portsmouth. He has contributed articles on a wide range of historical topics to a number of journals. He lives in Southsea.

Catherine Lorigan has a BA (Hons) in Medieval and Modern History, an MSt in English Local History, a PhD in Cornish Studies, an MA in Music and a Diploma in Vernacular Architecture with distinction, ...

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