Trans Britain: Our Long Journey from the Shadows
By Edited by Christine Burns
A comprehensive account of the landmark events which shaped the transgender community over the last five decades, told through a series of essays by real experts who were there and can describe the knock-on effects today
A Curious History of Sex
By Kate Lister
A cornucopia of giggles, gaffs, titillation, temptations, and exceptional expertise in all things historically sexual from Dr Kate Lister aka @Whores of Yore.
Gin Lane Gazette
By Adrian Teal
Heat magazine – 18th century style
Conversations With Spirits
By E O Higgins
The story of a dissipated genius in a borrowed hat and coat
Saving Bletchley Park
By Sue Black
The story of the saving of the home of modern computing
Rebel Rebel: How Mavericks Made the Modern World
By Chris Sullivan
A riotous history of people and things that broke the mould
Encounters With Harriet Martineau
By Stuart Hobday
A biography of Harriet Martineau, the first female journalist
Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines
By Henrietta Heald
The true story of Britain’s early women engineers
Eileen: The Making of Orwell
By Sylvia Topp
The never before told story of George Orwell’s first wife, a woman who shaped, supported and even saved the life of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers.
Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay
By Simon Napier-Bell
A one-volume insider history of the whole damn music business
The Irish Pasha
By Louise Foxcroft
The astonishing private and public lives of a maverick Edwardian Egyptologist
Empire of Booze
By Henry Jeffreys
A history of the British Empire told through drink
