Real Lives
Our series ‘Real Lives’ seeks to put the story of the ordinary person into our great historical narrative. We are all part of the rich fabric of the communities in which we live and we are affected to greater and lesser degrees by the big events that happen on a daily basis. Sometimes we might even play a part in the big events, although our names are not recorded, while on other occasions we are witnesses to events and times which we would now consider remarkable. Sometimes our regular lives are the perfect illustration of how people live at any given time – but all our lives matter and we want to celebrate some of those lives here. If you have any people that you think might also fit this category and would like to write about them, please contact: martin.hoare@history.org.uk
Subject |
Author |
Edition |
Year |
Cecily Cook – leader of working class pacifists in the Second World War |
Steve Illingworth |
163 |
2024 |
Asim Shah |
162 |
2024 |
|
Helen Wang |
161 |
2024 |
|
Arunansh Goswami |
160 |
2024 |
|
James C. Pearce |
159 |
2023 |
|
Alyson Brown, Dan Copley & Jack Bennett |
158 |
2023 |
|
Janet Weston |
157 |
2023 |
|
Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954): forgotten pioneer of microbiology |
Patrick J. Pead |
155 |
2022 |
Carolyn O’Hara |
154 |
2022 |
|
Paula Kitching |
153 |
2022 |
|
Ted Green |
152 |
2022 |
|
James C. Pearce |
151 |
2021 |
|
Wendy Barnes |
150 |
2021 |
|
Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial in Hints churchyard: Edward George Keeling |
Trevor James |
149 |
2021 |
Surviving the War in the Soviet Union: recollections of a child deportee |
Annette Ormanczyk |
148 |
2021 |
Stephen Bourne |
HA News |
2021 |
|
Paula Kitching |
146 |
2020 |
|
Alf Wilkinson |
145 |
2020 |
|
Paula Kitching |
144 |
2020 |
|
Wendy Barnes |
143 |
2020 |
|
Joe Wilkinson |
142 |
2019 |