A highly-stylised coming-of-age interpretation doesn’t quite come off in this latest reimagining of Emily Brontë’s dark tale

Emily Brontë’s novel did not spring only from her imagination: her own experiences and the times she lived through were...

Some right-wing commenters wilfully disregard and manipulate historical accuracy when discussing potential reparations for slavery

By comparing the speeches of Mosley with those of Farage and other Reform leaders we can establish just how alike...

A broad Covid vaccination programme still plays a vital part in significantly reducing long Covid brain fog symptoms, research finds

Prisoners on the hulks of old, stripped of their basic rights, were declared ‘civilly dead’ often before transportation to further...

Pen Hemingway takes us through Byland Abbey's role in Yorkshire's rich history of ghost stories and shares one of her...

There are many stories of sightings of strange creatures in different parts of Britain. This is the tale of the...

Far-right art. Who needs cartoonists satirising the wildest fantasies of far-right populists when their fans unintentionally satirise them so well?

Hannah Beedham had a vision that she would die in 1833. Newspapers were gripped by the story and thousand flocked...

Anti-vaxxers are not a new phenomenon, but a long-standing tradition almost as old as vaccines themselves. Pen Hemingway tells their...

Every woman has a story: a near-miss, paths crossing, a brush with darkness or the man in the shadows. Our...

Pen Hemingway looks at the examples of strong women over the years, with clear evidence that women warriors have existed...

Pen Hemingway describes her experience of living with long covid, having caught covid in March

Pen Hemingway looks back at the 1833 Boxing Day Stillingfleet Tragedy and delves through the witness accounts and historical records...

Pen Hemingway looks at the history of The Retreat, a Quaker-run asylum in York, and at some of the reasons...

Pen Hemingway examines the practice of 'wife sales'. Disparaged at the time, and degrading for the women, they may also...