His mother had warned him about the Leannan Sidhe, a fairy woman of great beauty wanting to carry off handsome young men who ...

PETER RUSHTON joined the legendary Union-Castle Line as a deck cadet in the 1950s which led to a life-long interest in ships and the sea. He is a columnist for World Cruising and is a regular speaker ...

Simon Roffey Dr Simon Roffey has been Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Winchester since 2002 where he lectures on various archaeological subjects, including Church Archaeology and the ...

ROGER LING is Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Manchester. In addition to excavating widely in Britain, he has directed a programme of recorded and analysis in the ...

Marilyn Yurdan MARILYN YURDAN attended Holton Park Grammar School for Girls in Oxfordshire during the 1950s. She went on to work as Assistant Custodian at the University of Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre ...

LINDA SEVER is Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire.

MARNIE PALMER now lives near Bath with her new partner, John, and their two Jack Russell terriers. Her former five-star jetset lifestyle has been replaced by a retirement of gardening and fly-fishing.

VIVIAN WATSON joined the family business in Hatton Garden in the 1960s and has had the opportunity to witness over 50 years of change. He qualified as a gemmologist early in his career, becoming a ...

Alf Townsend The late ALF TOWNSEND was born in London in the 1930s. He was a London cabbie for 42 years and published many books about his life experiences, including The London Cabbie and Blitz Boy.

JOHN RICHARDSON has enjoyed a 58-year career in the film business as an acclaimed special effects technician and supervisor, working on well over 100 films and several of cinema’s biggest franchises.

TRACEY NORMAN is an historian and author with a particular interest in witchcraft cases. She is the author of the acclaimed play WITCH, using actual witch trial documents to tell the story of a ...

DAVID CHARLWOOD obtained a first-class honours degree in history from Royal Holloway, University of London, and has worked as an international journalist and in publishing. He is the author of four ...