Margaret Brecknell

My third book Secret Burnley & Pendle is published 15 October 2024. Available direct from publisher @amberleybooks as well as other major online retailers and local bookshops. If you're looking to buy a signed copy, please DM me.

Here is my latest for @TheGazetteCoop on the Leicester doctor who kickstarted the first Lords debate on assisted dying 90 years ago.

A pleasure to write about the fascinating life and legacy of William Clarke for @NightwatchmanXI Issue 53, one of cricket's earliest entrepreneurs and a key figure in the history of @TrentBridge.

𝐍𝐄𝐖 | @blzzrd #59 Latest issue of this football quarterly feat. @felixwhite @CollarUpKits @JohnnyDuerden @KuperSimon @HOMESofFOOTBALL @mabrecknell @HugoVerkley @alexkeble + more! 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/collections/th…

Subscriptions, art prints and books - it's Christmas time at The Blizzard The perfect gifts for the thinking football fan 🎄🎅⚽️ Find out more: theblizzard.co.uk/the-blizzard-c…

Great to feature for the first time in the excellent @NutmegMagazine with the story of the female Scottish factory workers who paved the way for the modern women's game during WWI.

Excited to be featured once again in issue 59 of @blzzrd with the extraordinary story of the Whittaker brothers from Church, influential figures in the early game.

Introducing our print edition leicester.news/introducing-ou…

Excited to feature in @TheGazetteCoop's first ever print edition with this piece on Leicester's inspirational early Aids activists including Warren Wiesner.

My latest for @TheGazetteCoop

Many congratulations Emma!

The witches of Husbands Bosworth leicester.news/the-witches-of…

The 1645 siege that reshaped English democracy leicester.news/the-1645-siege…

Back in the early 20th century, a wide variety of performers, including acrobatic high divers, became huge hits with holidaymakers in Brighton. Discover more about Brighton’s “Professors” and their death-defying acts in the June issue. classicmagazines.co.uk/digital22bob

John Jarvis: The tempestuous life of Leicester's first Olympic hero leicester.news/john-jarvis-th…

Great to be featured in Issue 57 of @blzzrd with an article on the unusual career path of @LFC wannabe striker Bernard Pykett. Severely disabled in WWI, he took the unlikely decision to take up stunt diving and became a popular performer at piers across the country.

Margaret Brecknell highlights the contributions of African American abolitionists who traveled to Leicester in the mid-19th century to share their stories. leicester.news/when-americas-… #Leicester #Leicestershire

Our co-founder Rhys has been named a Finalist for Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the Real Entrepreneurs Awards 2025 🎉 realentrepreneurs.co.uk/awards/ #Leicester #Leicestershire #EastMidlands

🗞️A MUST-READ 🌍Margaret Brecknell (@mabrecknell) from @TheGazetteCoop highlights the contributions of African American abolitionists who traveled to Leicester in the mid-19th century to share their stories.🇿🇦 #IMA #indymedia leicester.news/when-americas-…

👁‍🗨Very interesting article by Margaret Brecknell (@mabrecknell ) in @thegazettecoop. ✏️The origins of the far-right movement in Leicester, tracing its evolution from the British Fascist🇬🇧 in 1923 to the National Front in the 1960s. leicester.news/a-history-of-t…