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Jo was always envious of older brothers Rufus and Francis; the freedom they were allowed while Jo had to stay at home, their shared plans fo...

 Violeta del Valle was born in 1920 while the Spanish flu raged outside her parents' house in Santiago, Chile. A hundred years later she...

 In December 1926 Agatha Christie disappeared. Her car was found abandoned quite close to her home, but of Agatha there was no trace. A nati...

  Ivy Boscawen is in mourning for the loss of her son Tim in the muddy, bloody trenches of the Great War. She can't reconcile herself to...

It's that time of year, for lists of the good and bad aspects of the last twelve months, so (as I love a Top Ten list) I'm joining i...

It's November 2020, and England is in lockdown (again). Nobody should be out and about unless on absolutely vital business or their perm...

  Virginia, perhaps the whole of the south-eastern US, has been overwhelmed by a series of dreadful storms, made worse by blackouts. Da'...