Helen Johnson, Yorkshire Writer
Helen Johnson Freelance Writer
New year, a fresh start, and, one of my favourite parts of a new historical novel: the research. My latest story features an Anglo-Scandinavian woman healer living in 11th century Continue Reading →
I am delighted to announce my debut as a reviewer for the Historical Novels Society, a community of historical fiction lovers. The task proved not as easy as I’d imagined Continue Reading →
Astounded During my researches for my story set at the outbreak of the Great War, I was astounded to come across the Women’s Anti-Suffrage League. Yes – an organisation of Continue Reading →
War memorials all over the country display sorrowful lists of men killed in the Great War. But what of the families they left behind? What of wives and mothers left Continue Reading →
Gertrude Bell in Yorkshire and Iraq Getrude Bell was a remarkable woman who was equally at home in Yorkshire and Iraq. She died in Iraq in 1926, and now, wild Continue Reading →