Or am I wrong - can similar stories work in a modern context?

A 1919 cycle race through battlefields, and one man's ride in its wheel ruts a century later

Because it's never just about the paper mill

Small town rom-com with chaotic main character

More of what Lee-Ann did last summer or maybe the one before that

A 1914 travelogue skirting the trenches

A digital mapping project created by The National Archives and The Open University

Help Richard Smyth raise money to support Marie Curie

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Lee-Ann is looking for a forgotten camp from the English Civil War. Gina's looking for something too, just don't call it a treasure-hunt. And watch out for squirrels.

National history becomes local

Michigan-set rom-com about an awkward librarian

We are relaunching – and we have big plans.

Why should the Thames get all the fun?

January hasn't always been such a bleak month

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Her family scoff sausage rolls, love a bit of tinsel, and open their presents when they get up. His eat tiny amounts of Thorntons, colour-co-ordinate, and – yes, we are in Hell – wait until after dinn...

Lee-Ann and her almost-friend Douglas are going on a Christmas shopping trip with Gina, Richard and Jasmine. Even though she has no plan or timetable, surely Lee-Ann can manage to buy one present for ...

The sky shivers with fever and there are devils on the roofs of the public houses.