Wight on target

Gin, witches, regicide, boats, nudists, an Egyptian curse, Spitfires, the invention of windsurfing and more writers and vineyards than you can shake a fishing rod at: this beloved English county has it all. Here are 13 stories you may never have heard about Hampshire

HOW wonderful to be gently pootling along in the car through the New Forest, thanks to the 40 mph speed limit. This is refreshingly in contrast to the fast-paced motorway we’ve thankfully just left be

In the early 1970s, I relied on a 1961 Austin Cambridge for weekend jaunts along the salty north Norfolk coast. “Relied” is probably the wrong word, as the car wasn’t exactly reliable. I would make a

A pier, a poet, puzzling plaques, poignant letters, seals and sea lavender; we explore a coastline packed with fascination. This is a dog-friendly week in Lincolnshire, based one mile inland from the

An imperial Nazi eagle and a Swastika are etched onto a wall. The year’s hottest day is thus far shielded by the 47,000 cubic metres of concrete that surrounds us in a damp, squalid and oppressive win

Step into the main exhibition hall of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall (NMMC) in Falmouth and you are instantly engulfed by a huge wave of nostalgia with some of the most famous craft of our time