Author features as expert part of Jonathan Scott's 'Best Websites' article

WDYTYA? Magazine, November 2019

Michelle Higgs and Phil Tomaselli feature as experts in Q&A feature

WDYTYA?,July 2019

Author article 'Maids of all work' as featured by

WDYTYA? Magazine, May 2019

Author article on our ancestors' relationship with finance as featured in

Your Family History, July 2017

Author article as featured in - exploring the lives of men and women in domestic service, and the sources you can use to trace them

Your Family History magazine, May 2017

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WDYTYA? Magazine, December 2016

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WDYTYA? Magazine - October 2016

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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine - March 2016

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Antiques Diary

Discover real life below stairs as Michelle Higgs explores the lot of the domestic servant between 1800-1950. With stories sourced from oral histories, diaries, autobiographies, letters, memoirs and newspaper reports, the authentic voices of individual servants shine through, while the more general social history chapters place their experiences in context. These are the lesser-known 'warts 'n' all' stories of ordinary folk in service in the smaller homes of the middle classes, which is sure to enhance understanding of your own ancestors' daily lives in domestic service.

Family Tree

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Bradway Bugle

This is more than a mere anthology, interesting though that would be: Higgs provides useful background to explore a variety of issues around the subject.
It would be hard to find so may first hand accounts on this subject in one place elsewhere, and this is an excellent blend of social and oral history.

Your Family Tree Magazine

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Your Family Tree Magazine

Extremely informative and features snippets from books, newspapers, and servants' accounts. The Personal accounts are often both intensely personal and very moving.
Reading this has given me a whole new understanding of the lives of my ancestors who worked as domestic servants.

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

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Best of British Magazine

How Hard They Worked!
Servants are the stars of the evocative look at life below stairs from the Regency era until the mid-twentieth century. Many of these Servants’ Stories are previously unpublished. Mary Ann Ashford was only thirteen when she began work as a maidservant, and it’s hardly surprising she was exploited by several employers. William Tayler, a footman, kept a diary which gives a fascinating insight into life working for the gentry in the 1830s. One young girl, Amy Grace Rose, left a good situation because her mother found her another place, and almost died from overwork. It was also very difficult for servants to ‘better themselves’ through education, as they rarely had a moment they could call their own. You’ll find yourself wanting to cheer on the rare occasions when a servant was able to turn the tables on an over-exacting employer. I thoroughly enjoyed reading these stories, some of which were extremely moving.
This book is essential reading whether your ancestor was a domestic servant, or if you are just interested in the world of domestic service and the real heroes and heroines who kept homes running like clockwork, often at the cost of their own health.

Sue Wilkes, Author

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Michelle Higgs is a freelance feature writer, copywriter and author who has written a number of books on social history, particularly around the Victorian era. Michelle’s latest book Servants’ Stories: Life Below Stairs in Their Own Words, is a collection of oral histories, memoirs and biographies from servants covering the period 1800 to 1950, and it includes some great articles found in the British Newspaper Archive.

British Newspaper Archive