Q My ancestor, a pilot in Poole, had a son taken up by the press, and I’d like to know whether the son was let off, or whether he sailed away and never came back. I asked Dorset Archives some years ag

She grew up believing in divine creation, but a radical rethink led Ella Al-Shamahi to evolutionary biology. Now, the presenter of the BBC science series Human shares her story

One reader shares tales of adventures in her hot-air balloon

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh

WHEN Linda Cracknell organised a special Christmas present for her mum, Jennifer, she could never have imagined the years-long adventure it was to inspire. The gift was a sailing trip on a historic sm

My husband, John, decided that he wanted to visit the Haynes Motor Museum, located near the small village of Sparkford in Somerset. As a lad he and his mates had spent many happy hours tinkering with