Chatham-born physician William Rivers had many strings to his bow, but perhaps his greatest contribution was his compassionate, pioneering treatment of those suffering from PTSD as a result of World War I
Portsmouth born author and journalist Christopher Hitchens' is remembered for igniting controversy and encouraging discussion
Aeronautical engineer, motorcycle and sports car racer, Beatrice Shilling was a trailblazer for women engineers.
Kent-born royal physician Sir William Jenner was at the forefront of advances in the nation’s public health, instrumental in the development of Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in London and physician to Queen Victoria
Cheltenham Ladies’ College’s Dorothea Beale was an outspoken educational reformer and campaigner of women’s rights
A scholar, playwright, poet, editor, essayist, translator, lecturer, theologian, churchwarden, critic, and writer of detective stories...
He was a footballer who ranks among the pantheon of the game’s greatest, someone who could glide across a pitch yet had venom in either boot.
Roger Buxton, in charge at Scarborough Lifeboat Station, tells us how it feels to rescue, and be rescued, at sea
Hampshire lifeboatman Andrew Ferguson explains his passion for the RNLI as it celebrates its 200th anniversary
Norfolk lifeboatman Fred Whitaker explains his passion for the RNLI as it celebrates its 200th anniversary
