The Colcestrian in the years of the Great War, reproduced here in this book, both revealed the challenges which faced the school of the time and captured the ve

The words of Unknown Warriors resonate as powerfully today as when first written. The book offers a very personal glimpse into the hidden world of the military

The fullest account yet of the British home front in the First World War and how war changed Britain forever.

Before the First World War, Essex was a very different county from that which we know today. The economy was largely based on agriculture, and its people rarely