The wild ( men and women ) of metal

The piece I’d never part with

From a distance, Almscliffe Crag in Wharfedale looks like a ruined citadel: a jagged spine of millstone grit rising between Leeds and Harrogate. Today it draws climbers and sightseers. But in the year

It’s there beside the guildhall. A large grey stone surrounded by Victorian railings. Over the years, countless visitors to Kingston-upon-Thames have strolled past it, many barely registering its exis

A hoard of British coins bearing the inscription of King Cunobelin and found in a Dutch field in October 2023 have been identified as very likely to be the spoils of war of a Roman soldier from the co

Ancient rural skills in a modern world

So close was Jean-François Millet to the humble peasants he painted that he wore clogs and coarse clothing. He was steeped in nostalgia, yet inspired avant-garde artists from van Gogh to Salvador Dalí, finds Mary Miers