It was the summer of 1066 and two powerful leaders were rallying their supporters behind them and preparing for war. Their clash would result in political chaos, the spilling of much blood, and one of

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

One of the architectural wonders of Wales, this 17th-century brick property was home to the influential Morgan family for over 500 years, and houses stories of eccentricity and rebellion

These days, we associate autograph books with celebrities. But they originated in 16th-century Germany, where university students used to collect signatures from their classmates, and functioned as an

Back in 2019, a Birmingam man scanned a Warwickshire field with a metal detector he’d purchased just six months previously. Near a drained pond, the machine alerted him to a miraculous discovery; a sp

“You can’t live here. There are no shops,” my friend Jen stated. We were sitting in the van belonging to the pub I lived in, the Golden Cross, Slough, waiting for my parents who had an interview for t