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Lisa Horner

    This author delves into history to bring to life the narratives that have shaped communities. Her work explores how storytelling has evolved across ages, from ancient oral traditions to contemporary media. Her background in local heritage research and academic study of narrative provides a unique perspective on how the past informs the present. Her writing is rooted in an appreciation for how ordinary lives and their stories resonate through landscape and culture.

    Basildon Through Time
    Lost Basildon
    • 2019

      Lost Basildon

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Fully illustrated description of Basildon's well known, and lesser known, places that have been lost over the years.

      Lost Basildon
    • 2014

      Basildon Through Time

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Basildon has changed and developed over the last century.

      Basildon Through Time