For hundreds of years the woollen industry was a major source of Britain’s wealth, so wool plays an important part in the country’s heritage. In the late Middle Ages trading of wool fleeces was of gre

In June 1993, two new children’s books made an appearance in bookshops throughout the country. The cover of the first, Terrible Tudors, featured a cartoon by illustrator Martin Brown, of a 16th centur

Sanderson has had much success with its first collaboration with the National Trust, a collection which drew inspiration from a range of properties across the country, launching new incarnations of di

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

KATIE HINDMARCH-WATSON describes a sex scandal that consumed Queen Victoria’s grandson On 7 July 1889, a policeman arrested a sometime telegraph boy, Henry Newlove, at his mother’s house in Camden Tow

Seasonal decorative touches to bring the outdoors in