A theatre of coronation

Kings, cobbles, secrets, superstition and literary fire power–Winchester has had it all in spades for centuries and is as desirable now as it ever was, says Jason Goodwin

How an upstart noble family emerged from the Wars of the Roses to rule England

Gin, witches, regicide, boats, nudists, an Egyptian curse, Spitfires, the invention of windsurfing and more writers and vineyards than you can shake a fishing rod at: this beloved English county has it all. Here are 13 stories you may never have heard about Hampshire

This is the first of a series of articles; the intention being to provide an overview of useful family and local history records in existence, with advice on where to find them. The articles will incl

Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth ...

Time rolls on, and it was with some mild sense of shock the other day I realised it is some 50 years since my childhood interest in ghosts was first kindled – the summer of 1975. This was in East Angl