Fire in the hole

■ Distance: 5½ miles/8.8km ■ Time: 3½ hours ■ Grade: Moderate

Past and present entwine at the Black Country Living Museum, where history is close enough to touch and stories of the past unfold

On a beautiful summer’s morning almost 110 years ago, men of the British Army stepped out into no-man’s land at 7.30am. It was 1 July 1916, and the start of what was then called ‘The Big Push’. With h

ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROADWATER FARM RIOTS, WE LOOK AT THE DARK HISTORY OF PUBLIC DISORDER IN THE UK

Each issue, we investigate the most ghostly places to visit. Here, we take a look at grisly goings-on in the Black Country

Twenty-five years ago, large chunks of Eryri’s Aran range were out of bounds. That all changed in 2000. To celebrate a quarter-century of the legislation that changed the game, Trail set out to walk the entire ridge… unobstructed.