Topic: Social life and customs

Dennis Severs bought a run-down silk-weaver's house in Spitalfields and transformed it into a time capsule that transports visitors back to the 18th century. This book offers a tour of the house.

A kaleidoscopic picture of British society in the year of the Battle of Waterloo, evoking the sights, sounds and smells of a defining moment in modern British history.

Christmas, 1899. It's an exciting time to be young, and 14-year-old Flora is determined to take advantage of everything the next century has to offer. But how will she persuade her stuffy, strait-laced father about the possibilities of the new era?

This delightful compendium of memories will appeal to all who grew up in this post-war decade, whether in town or country, wealth or poverty.

To the young people of today, the 1950s seem like another age. But for those born around then, this era of childhood feels like yesterday. This collection of photographic memories will appeal to all who grew up in this post-war decade; they include pictures of children enjoying life out on the st...

With few TVs, children made their own entertainment, which included playing conkers, building dens and go-karts, climbing trees and re-enacting fights from the latest cinema blockbuster. Food was, for many years, still rationed and bought from the local corner shop. Much has changed for children ...

After ten years of austerity, the early 1950s saw rationing draw to an end. Gathered together in this colourful creation of over 1,000 products and images, 'The 1950s Scrapbook' conjures up the life and times of the decade. From the Festival of Britain and the Coronation of Elizabeth II to the ab...

In 1956, everything changed. Britain and France occupied Suez, and the Soviet Union invaded Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev's 'secret speech' exposed the crimes of Stalin. Suddenly the left found itself homeless, as the Communist Party became uninhabitable. The Royal Court Theatre unveiled John Osborn...

With chapters on home and school life, games and hobbies, music and fashion, alongside a selection of charming illustrations, this compendium lets you take a nostalgic look at what it was like to grow up during the sixties and recaptures the various aspects of life back then.

With chapters on home and school life, games and hobbies, music and fashion, alongside a selection of charming illustrations, this compendium lets you take a nostalgic look at what it was like to grow up during the sixties and recaptures the various aspects of life back then.

A raw and often funny 12-month snapshot of 7-year-old Tommy's brutal young life, moving us through his daily struggle with poverty and neglect in 1960s Manchester like it's the most natural thing in the world.

There is Britain before 1965 and Britain after 1965 - and they are not the same thing. 1965 was the year Britain democratised education, it was the year pop culture began to be taken as seriously as high art, the time when comedians and television shows imported the methods of modernism into thei...

Each volume in this series is devoted to a decade of British life and contains around 300 photographs that have been hand-picked by the Press Association from its own archives. Most have lain unseen since they were first used as news pictures.

Travel 2000 years back in time to spend 24 hours with the people of ancient China, and see the Han period through the eyes of those who lived there.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes - the sights, the smells, the struggles, and the conflicts.

Between the infamous Lindisfarne raid in 793 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066, the peoples we know now as the Vikings became one of the most far-ranging and influential civilizations in history. The Vikings are frequently portrayed as raiders, marauding across medieval Europe and Britain, but t...

The story revolves around the comings and goings at No. 44 Scotland Street in Edinburgh. With its multiple-occupancy flats, Scotland Street is an interesting corner of the New Town, verging on the Bohemian, where haute bourgeoisie rub shoulders with students and the more colourful members of the ...