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Since the Middle Ages, the apprenticeship was the established means in England of transferring skills from one generation to the next regulated by…

For many, the Queen is a symbol of perpetual, old-fashioned stability. Yet, says Dominic Sandbrook, she has nonetheless been part of one of the most remarkable chapters of social transformation in British life

ONE of this summer’s few positive and heart-warming stories has been the England Lionesses winning the European Football Championship for the…

‘History at the Hall’ offers the Wellington Shire community the opportunity to immerse themselves in local history as the Briagolong Mechanics’ Institute committee opens the doors to one of the oldest standing buildings in the region.

MRS Fanny Hertz is probably not a name that is instantly recognisable, and possibly not commonly discussed in 21st Century Bradford. However, in the 19th Century Fanny was a woman ahead of her time. Born in Hanover, Germany, in 1830, and related to Heinrich Hertz, famous physicist and discoverer of Hertz’ Rays, Fanny would become a leading light in the struggle for women’s education, and as such it is fair to say she can be labelled as a feminist. In the mid 1870s she moved to London and spent the next decade dividing her time between Bradford and the Capital. Her husband, William D...