Those of us lucky enough to have lived in largely peaceful times and not obliged to go to war may naturally be shocked by recent divisions created by binary politics – notable examples being the UK and USA in the last couple of years – which not only divide society but in some cases, families.

I’ve made hundreds of videos for clients all over the world, having run a successful video company since 2010, written books about online video and pioneered numerous online video formats.

In these digital days, researching the past is more straightforward than it’s ever been. But history is far more than documented events, or columns of names on a ledger. We have to learn to interpret the facts and consider human motives if we want to achieve real understanding.

Family History Films, as the title suggests, is all about bringing family histories to life.  So why, I was asked recently, have we launched Corporate Histories?