Keith payne

Not many of the great postwar British film stars found box office fame in their early 40s, yet the gravel-voiced and charming Jack Hawkins did just that. His career is perhaps best remembered for his

Dear Simon, My daughter, Wendy, and I have enjoyed so many visits to Singapore, and this year we felt it was about time we put our thoughts and experiences down on paper. Sir Stamford Raffles was knig

As the Tet Offensive raged, this US Special Forces staff sergeant led an intrepid group to rescue personnel trapped in the town of Chau Phu, South Vietnam

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

The regular glances and can-you-believe-it grins to his wife and two children said it all: Nick Tandy was more than a little bewildered to find himself suited and booted in front of an illustrious aud

Sally’s dad didn’t come back from the war – but she never gave up hope