Think of witches, and you often conjure up a mental picture of Shakespeare’s three old crones crouched around a bubbling cauldron, chanting incantations. But now…
Continue reading →At one time, there were not only prisons for containing wrongdoers in custody, there were also places called ‘lockups’. The difference between a prison and…
Continue reading →These days having a baby when you are not married happens so often that nobody thinks twice about it. But at one time, having an…
Continue reading →Until 1547 prostitution was generally regulated in England, it just depended upon where you were. Some places regulated brothels and which areas prostitutes were allowed…
Continue reading →When the British government had to rethink where to offload their criminal fraternity they briefly experimented with sending their prisoners to what are now known…
Continue reading →Think of convicts going abroad and most people will immediately think of Australia. In 1778 Britain did indeed start punishing its convicts by sending them…
Continue reading →Although people everywhere have been through a very difficult time over the last couple of years, it’s not the first time that we have had…
Continue reading →On 14th July every year the French have a national holiday to celebrate Bastille Day. Back in 1789 an angry mob took that famous prison…
Continue reading →Historically women were considered too weak and simple minded to work as spies, but there were some across the centuries. In fact many were well-positioned…
Continue reading →If you, like me, are a writer then you don’t just enjoy the creative process, but only feel complete once your work is in print….
Continue reading →Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin
Books by Trish Colton…
