Each month ex-cop Nicky Alan teams up with her spirit guides to investigate an unsolved mystery. Here she delves into one of the UK’s most intriguing supernatural mysteries of all – the Loch Ness Monster!

Dave Lewis recalls a trip to explore the National Museum of Wales’ collection of rare and unusual fish, and asks why these sorts of catches seem to be becoming more common

Giles Catchpole on riverside ghosts

(Photograph taken in 1888) As a family, we first stayed at Rothay Manor in Ambleside in 1953 and it was then that I had my first experiences in fell walking, trout fishing and negotiating the nearby s

The annual National Historic Ships UK Photography Competition offers a window into our maritime past and how it touches the present day

Personal recollections of cherished sci-fi and fantasy