"During Queen Victoria's reign, a new communications technology was developed that allowed people to communicate almos…"

"As the tides of history have ebbed and flowed, different drinks have come to prominence in different times, places, a…"

"... Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a catalyst of social trans…"

"We've been caught out in the past by unexpected exhaust products from transport infrastructure. First it was horse ma…"

"This is Tom Standage's third pocket-sized book delving into the history of science and engineering, and yet again he …"

"The more I thought about it, the more obsessed I became with the idea of a swimming journey. I started to dream ever …"

"From water level, I observed the mating joined in flight like refuelling aircraft, and the random progress of the clo…"

"It is through trees that we see and hear the wind: woodland people can tell the species of a tree from the sound it m…"

"Waterlog (1999), Roger's now-classic account of swimming through Britain, published twenty years ago this year, opens…"

"In 1973, Roger Deakin, a British writer and environmental activist, acquired a tumbledown sixteenth-century farmhouse…"