Star witness

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor ...

There is something rather special about driving a car built in the 1800s. This 1899 Wolseley 3.5hp Voiturette’s single-cylinder motor first burst into life when Queen Victoria was on the throne and pr

The celebrated historian explains why he’s taking to the stage with a Maxim gun on his new live tour

Astronomers love a challenge. They place their observatories on the highest mountains, in the driest deserts, on the coldest ice shelves, beneath the deepest oceans, in orbit around Earth and the Sun,

‘Out of evil cometh good’, and out of a disaster one wild October night on Anglesey came an invention that may have saved more lives than any other. It’s a story best told on a fascinating walk on the island’s east coast.