Marilyn Yurdan: 3 books

Taking you through the year day by day, The Oxford Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of Britain as a whole. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive...

For anyone educated at a grammar school during their heyday in the 1950s and ’60s, those days will always hold a very special place in their memory. They were more than just the years of being taught taught needlecraft or woodwork, acting in the school play and singing the school song, They were...

Elizabeth Ambler started compiling her household book of cures in the early 18th century, including in it treatments which are much older. These intriguing remedies include Sir Walter Raleigh’s Receipt against Plague, Viper Broth, Snail Milk Water, and Tobacco for the Eyes, as well as Ginger Bread...