History Magazine
Inspirations Behind Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights is the story of the doomed love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, a tale of passion and violence. First published in December 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, it was astonishing to discover that the novel was actually written by a parson’s daughter, who lived on the edge of the wild and remote Yorkshire Moors.
Bedford Level Experiment – Flat-Earthers in the Fens
In January 1870, a challenge was issued: a man called John Hampden bet any scientist £500 that they couldn’t prove the Earth was round. The challenge was accepted by the naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace – and so it began…
Dangerous Toys of the 1950s and 1960s
The childhood of the 1950s and 1960s was very different from that of children today. Mostly left to their own devices, and aided and abetted by downright dangerous toys, what could go wrong? Yet for most, childhood was a wonderful time…
