Extract

Letter to The Queen
On a march in London during the 1984/85 miners' strike, a letter to the Queen from the women of the mining communities is handed in at Buckingham Palace.

Richard Monckton Milnes and Florence Nightingale
The early courtship of Florence Nightingale and Richard Monkton Milnes

Background and Motives
David Waddington outlines why a professor would spend his free time writing a book about a colliery football team.

Sifting the Shifting Sands
'Howl', 'Rock Around The Clock' and the changing cultural landscape of America.

Adoption
Michelle Scally Clarkes remembers the day she left the children's home and moved in with her new adpopted family, the Scallys.