Building for the Atomic Age: an industrial archaeology of the United Kingdom’s nuclear industry by Wayne Cocroft was published by Historic England and Liverpool University Press in February 2026. 2026 also marks 70 years since the Calder Hall reactors began generating electricity for the national grid. This heavily illustrated book for the first time presents … Continue reading
A walking tour of Collecting Stories
Join Katy Hooper, Special Collections Librarian at the University of Liverpool and editor of recent publication Collecting Stories: The Cultural Collections of the University of Liverpool, on a walking tour around the University of Liverpool campus to see many of the items featured in this new book in real life. Collecting Stories: The Cultural Collections … Continue reading
Chain Stores on the British High Street
Chain Stores in the Golden Age of the British High Street by Kathryn A Morrison is the latest book to publish in our Historic England imprint. This new publication examines the history of multiple retailing through the prism of its shops and stores, arguing that gigantic enterprises like Marks & Spencer, Woolworths and Burton created the character … Continue reading
Gin and the English by Paul Jennings
Gin and the English: An Illustrated History by Paul Jennings is the latest book to publish in our Historic England imprint. This work looks at the history of gin from its arrival in England in the sixteenth century to the present day. It takes the story from its use as a medicine, through the Gin Craze of … Continue reading
A History of Disability in England
A History of Disability in England by Simon Jarrett has recently published as part of our Historic England partnership. This thousand-year history of people with disabilities in English society ranges from the surprisingly integrated societies of the medieval and early modern periods to the institutionalisation of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book holds important … Continue reading
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