I’d brewed backyard potions as a girl. But my ancestors had more mystical plans in store for me.

Lisa Hilton is left Greene around the gills

Long before online influencers advised us all how to keep our pads clean and cosy, our forebears were passing down their own ‘handy’ hints on building a happy home – one free from witches, demons, and belligerent spirits!

Fog, inactivity and invisible hounds might not fly on social media, admits Tessa Waugh , but who cares when there’s convivial shelter from the elements and some local raspberry nectar

Giles Catchpole on riverside ghosts

...to the cinema this week to see The Testament of Ann Lee. Amanda Seyfried stars in the title role as the irrepressible leader of an 18th-century religious movement, who preached gender and social eq