What on earth?

I must extend my huge thanks to Jon Winder for his excellent article Swings and Roundabouts (July). I am currently scribbling notes which I hope to turn into a memoir of my childhood, and one chapter

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

This month: just call me Kiwi?

From dilapidated cottages to the site of a notorious nuclear disaster, what is behind the longing to seek out abandoned places, asks Katie Scott

Each issue we investigate the most ghostly places to visit. Here we take a look at the spookily beautiful city of York

Michelle Hather falls for the chocolate-box allure of Alfriston, on the edge of the scenic South Downs