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

Cultural Crusader

Thirty years ago, work began on turning a disused pumping station inside a castle into one of Europe’s finest climbing centres. That goal has been summited, but the work to expand, update and evolve The Castle Climbing Centre continues

I’m sceptical about news stories you sometimes read of big black cats roaming the countryside. I was, however, tempted to don my boots for a hike I found on the internet titled In the Footsteps of the

WITH ITS EXQUISITE LIBRARIES, ECLECTIC BOOKSHOPS AND COSY, STORIED PUBS, THIS CHARMING UNIVERSITY CITY IS IDEAL FOR A LITERARY-THEMED VISIT IN WINTER

The Lake District, nestled in the north-west corner of England in Cumbria, is the country’s most poetic landscape. From Wordsworth to Beatrix Potter, the Lake District has always drawn writers, artist