The friends of perth & kinross archive

Before she discovered the charms of the Lake District, Beatrix Potter summered for over 10 years in Perthshire. The family’s holidays were not traditional two-week sojourns; the Potters took a house f

On 10 August 1948 Felix Hull became Berkshire’s first county archivist. He was working out of the basement of Reading’s old Shire Hall, now the Roseate Hotel, and collections under his care eventually

If I can’t send my old unwanted items to a charity shop, I get a great sense of satisfaction if I can turn them into something new rather than throw them out into landfill. I love giving these old ite

On the Yorkshire Life radar: events, openings and happenings across Yorkshire

Keen knitter Theresa Carter puts her needles to work for a cause close to her chest

To See Ourselves: A Personal History of Scotland ...