Notebooks like this are an informal history of your reading.

And in this city full of museums, some present its most informal histories.

"An informal history of the underworld," first published in 1928.

It's just going to be a light-hearted informal history of a year in England.

One miner's story: an informal oral history as told by James Orlandi.

"An informal history of the United States space program" by one of "perhaps two astronauts who qualify as writers."

An informal history of the London Philharmonic Choir was published.

An informal history of firefighting in New York City.

An informal and contentious history of the Japanese capital from 1923 to the present, often anecdotal, equally often painstakingly thorough.

An informal and anecdotal history of the music, venues and people that defined jazz in the UK.