Q My great great grandfather, Enoch Coates, was wounded in the Crimean War at Sebastopol. His death notice in the Lichfield Mercury, on Friday 9 December 1910, describes him as a “Crimean Veteran” and

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh

We’d received an invitation to attend a caravan and motorhome preview day, which was to be held in the North-East, and this is when the conversation started. Kay suggested that it had been a long time

ARAPILES, SALAMANCA, SPAIN 22 JULY 1812

Channel The Traitors with a day out at the country’s most atmospheric fortresses

The piece I’d never part with