On the first day of every month I send out a free e-newsletter to subscribers. In it I explain more detail about the research I have been doing – a never-ending activity! – and it’s also where you will hear first about upcoming books, competitions, giveaways and more.
Below are some from the archive so that you can get a taste of what awaits you if you sign up on the Insider Updates page. The updates will be added to the archive only once they are six months old, so if you want to see them as soon as they are published (and get exclusive access to competitions and giveaways), you’ll need to sign up.
- April 2024 A flutter on the gee-gees
- March 2024 Down in the mouth
- February 2024 Putting Gregory on the map
- January 2024 Coming to terms with things
- December 2023 Cut down to size
- November 2023 All the fun of the fair
- October 2023 Quick march
- September 2023 First do no harm
- August 2023 I give you my word
- July 2023 Keeping it local
- June 2023 From the horse’s mouth
- May 2023 God Save the King!
- April 2023 In name only
- March 2023 Fully booked
- February 2023 All aboard!
- January 2023 Hic!
- December 2022 Room at the inn
- November 2022 You can bank on it
- October 2022 Making it up as I go along
- September 2022 A most interesting man of the cloth
- August 2022 Nothing new under the sun
- July 2022 Good circulation
- June 2022 Constables, but not as you know them
- May 2022 By the book
- April 2022 Gotcha!
- March 2022 Stand and stare
- February 2022 Home from home
- December 2021 A Daunting prospect
- November 2021 In sickness and in more sickness
- October 2021 In an interesting condition
- September 2021 The original boys in blue
- August 2021 High days and holidays
- July 2021 Don’t mention the war
- June 2021 Across the seas
- May 2021 Coining and clipping
- April 2021 One, two, three, four
- March 2021 Roll the presses
- February 2021 Many happy returns
- January 2021 Horsing around
- December 2020 Christmas fun and games
- November 2020 A load of old rubbish
- October 2020 Hazard and deep play
- September 2020 The kindness of strangers
- August 2020 Bring out your dead
- July 2020 Pick up a Pigot’s
- June 2020 Special constables, slaves and balloons
- May 2020 Pest-houses and calculus
- April 2020 The Met on the march
- March 2020 An outpost in the Fens
- February 2020 Until death do you part
- January 2020 Superstitions and resolutions
- December 2019 The gift of giving
- November 2019 Sam at his studies
- October 2019 David in Ted’s
- September 2019 Wheels on fire
- August 2019 I hereby give, devise and bequeath
- July 2019 Read all about it
- June 2019 Plodding through history
- May 2019 The history of Heffers
- April 2019 Prevention is better than more
- March 2019 Beneath the rails
- February 2019 Stays, shifts and drawers
- January 2019 What’s in a name?
- December 2018 ‘Tis the season
- November 2018 Holding Martha in high regard
- October 2018 What’s for dinner?
- September 2018 Sam’s second home
- August 2018 By a whisker
- July 2018 From cheques to check-ins
- June 2018 Welcome to updates from Susan Grossey and Sam Plank
