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20 easy ways to make an awesome family history

Posted Tuesday, 12 July 2016   |   0 views Make your research better than ever and have lots of fun along the way – Helen Tovey’s ideas will help you grow a family tree to be proud of.

The top free websites for family history

Posted Wednesday, 6 July 2016   |   0 views Chris Paton examines the key free genealogy workhorse sites available online. Get searching today and see your online genealogy research flourish without parting with a penny...

Mapping your Welsh ancestors

Posted Wednesday, 6 July 2016   |   0 views Simon Wills pores over an amazing tithe maps digitisation programme that is gathering pace in Wales, and discusses its exciting development with project manager Einion Gruffudd.

Getting to grips with birth certificates

Posted Wednesday, 6 July 2016   |   0 views Genealogist David Annal examines the history and reasoning behind birth certificates in England and Wales; and explains how understanding these can give you greater clues to your family’s past.

Biggest research mistakes (not to make!)

Posted Wednesday, 6 July 2016   |   1159 views There are many potential pitfalls in family history research, but follow our 10 simple rules and we’ll help you avoid the most common tree-tracing errors. Genealogist Emma Jolly keeps us on track…

Queer Through the Years: A timeline of gay rights

Posted Wednesday, 22 June 2016   |   2361 views We have had the privilege to live through a revolution in gay rights. Although homophobia remains prevalent throughout the world, we’ve now reached a point in the West where we can look back on the history of gay rights and feel genuinely surprised by how backwards we were for so long.

Five mistakes beginner writers make

Posted Friday, 3 June 2016   |   0 views Starting off in non-fiction writing? Get yourself on the right path by following advice from writing tutor and experienced feature writer Alex Gazzola

What's the story?

Posted Friday, 3 June 2016   |   1387 views Do you have a story or just a situation? What’s the difference and why should you care? Hollywood script doctor Jeff Lyons explains

Beyond the Bard

Posted Friday, 3 June 2016   |   0 views The world’s greatest writer shows us how to handle heroes, says Jan Moran Neil

The Velvet Gentleman - Erik Satie (1866-1925)

Posted Friday, 3 June 2016   |   1309 views A habitué of the Paris cafés and an intimate of Cocteau and Picasso, composer Erik Satie was enduringly eccentric, just like his music. Peter Quantrill celebrates 150 years of a true original