History

Black-and-white pen-style illustration of the Royal Albert Dock warehouses beside the basin, with the waterfront skyline beyond.

Liverpool’s history: 20 places and the stories ...

The dock walls, public rooms and ordinary homes that explain how Liverpool became Liverpool.

Liverpool’s history: 20 places and the stories ...

The dock walls, public rooms and ordinary homes that explain how Liverpool became Liverpool.

Black-ink illustration of Canterbury Cathedral’s Bell Harry Tower above the adjoining roofs.

Canterbury’s History: 20 Places and the Stories...

A guide to twenty places in Canterbury, following the people and practical work behind pilgrimage, royal power, refugee cloth trades and a changing city.

Canterbury’s History: 20 Places and the Stories...

A guide to twenty places in Canterbury, following the people and practical work behind pilgrimage, royal power, refugee cloth trades and a changing city.

St George’s Tower and the later prison buildings around a courtyard at Oxford Castle.

Oxford’s History: 20 Places and the Stories Beh...

Explore Oxford’s history through twenty places, from the castle and Bodleian to its markets, printing works and penicillin patients, with practical visiting notes and five further stories.

Oxford’s History: 20 Places and the Stories Beh...

Explore Oxford’s history through twenty places, from the castle and Bodleian to its markets, printing works and penicillin patients, with practical visiting notes and five further stories.

Wide freehand pen drawing across Chester’s excavated Roman amphitheatre, with low curved stone walls and later buildings beyond.

Chester’s History: 20 Places and the Stories Be...

I follow Chester’s history through twenty places, from Roman memorials and medieval shopping galleries to a besieged city, an ambitious canal and a working railway station. A guide to what...

Chester’s History: 20 Places and the Stories Be...

I follow Chester’s history through twenty places, from Roman memorials and medieval shopping galleries to a besieged city, an ambitious canal and a working railway station. A guide to what...

Black pen illustration of Whitby’s harbour houses, the 199 Steps, St Mary’s square tower and the ruined Abbey on East Cliff.

Whitby’s History: 20 Places and the Stories Beh...

I follow Whitby’s history through twenty places, from Hild’s abbey and Cook’s coal ships to jet workshops, lifeboats and the people who kept the port working.

Whitby’s History: 20 Places and the Stories Beh...

I follow Whitby’s history through twenty places, from Hild’s abbey and Cook’s coal ships to jet workshops, lifeboats and the people who kept the port working.

Black ink drawing of the Great Bath, its colonnade and the towers of Bath Abbey behind.

Bath’s History: 20 Places and the Stories Behin...

Our guide to twenty places in Bath, following the people, materials and events behind its Roman remains, Georgian streets and working buildings.

Bath’s History: 20 Places and the Stories Behin...

Our guide to twenty places in Bath, following the people, materials and events behind its Roman remains, Georgian streets and working buildings.