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Mike has lived in Britain all his life and generally loves the place, warts and all. He first learned history on his dad’s knee and went on to study medieval and modern British and European history at university. He was planning on teaching it, but then drifted into a career running his own business. Despite having worked with some of the UK’s most prestigious firms, he is often at his happiest with his nose in a history book, or exploring a historic site where the past is close. Several years ago, Mike began a blog – now an increasingly authoritative website – ‘A Bit About Britain’. He had to write a bit about Britain’s history for the website, and it seemed only sensible to put the material into his first book, ‘A Bit About Britain’s Hist ...more

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Kinver Edge and its rock houses

Many of us are probably descended from people that, long ago, lived in caves. However, consider the chances that some who currently live in part of England’s West Midlands have closer troglodyte connections than most of us. Why? It’s nothing to do with brain size, prominent brow ridges, or long arms; oh, no – it’s

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Sand and Steel: A New History of D-Day

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