With Hallowe’en out of the way, Christmas is the next big ghostly occasion in the UK traditional calendar. But what, one may wonder, of the rest of Europe? Ghost hunter Peter Underwood called Europe “

You might be surprised to learn that there are more ghost sightings on Christmas Eve than there are at Halloween, so what better time for a ghost hunt? The festive season has always been favoured by l

Each issue we investigate the most ghostly places to visit. Here we take a look at Sheffield

I had watched Richard III meet a bloody end at Bosworth, come face to face with a plague victim, stood in the shadow of a mighty trebuchet, and been put on trial for my life. And it was barely lunchti

This week’s dream: wonder and melancholy in eastern Turkey ...

The Bohemian King Wenceslas really was good, but his reward for gracious piety was not, discovers Ian Morton