Today, Britain’s canals are the ideal places to enjoy a leisurely cruise – but in the 19th century, they had a vastly different reputation. Susan Law reveals how these waterways once served as the settings for brutal acts of alcohol-fuelled violence.
Susan Campbell, who has died aged 92, was in a long and varied career an artist and illustrator, a food writer and Britain’s leading expert on walled kitchen gardens, 700 of which she visited in the UK and abroad.
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It s odd how my history journey goes. I seem to hit these patches when I keep getting drawn back to a particular small area time and again, even when I have no…
It s odd how my history journey goes. I seem to hit these patches when I keep getting drawn back to a particular small area time and again, even when I have no…