Dear Mr Bigelow is an enchanting collection of weekly letters written between 1949 and 1961 from an ..

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?She's not worth more than tuppence that child!? Those are the words that haunt Sadie Linthorpe. She..

When her mother dies in childbirth Pearl Edwards is left in the care of her aunt Annie Grafton. Anni..

When a newborn baby girl is found abandoned with nothing but a scarlet ribbon tied to her basket Ava..

Jennifer Worth was just 22 when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in th..

January 1381. As guests of the Regent John of Gaunt Brother Athelstan and Sir John Cranston are atte..

A most controversial wedding is about to take place in Bath's gorgeous Abbey. The daughter of career..

Through a particularly tragic series of events couch potato Maeve Kelly has been forced to sign up f..

Primavera is enjoying the quiet life in an idyllic village on the Catalan coast of Spain. The attrac..

Ten years ago Oz Blackstone movie icon died tragically while filming in remote Guatemala; mourned by..

Scottish Highlands 1958. Britain is awash in Cold War anxiety as Mirabelle Bevan heads for the Highl..

Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works with her younger sister Bea. Wh..

Liverpool 1939. Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However behind closed doors she li..