Balaclava pocket watch

Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with

HEROES OF THE VICTORIA CROSS

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

Olympic heights

This unique collection was awarded to an air gunner who took on the Kriegsmarine’s feared capital ships while flying in a Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber

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