Into the jaws of hell

Summer 1975 was a glorious time to be young on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. “We had the beaches to ourselves – nobody else wanted to go in the water, not even a lot of people who’d l

In the year of its golden anniversary, we bring you ten snappy facts about the classic film

The more fins change, the more they stay the same. Intentionally or not, Steven Spielberg created the modern Hollywood blockbuster in June 1975 when his stressful creature feature Jaws became a phenom

WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO...

I’D seen an advertisement in my father’s newspaper for women to work on the canal boats. It said applicants should be of a robust constitution. I’m quite robust, so why not? I’d give it a go. “Look, D

Gin, witches, regicide, boats, nudists, an Egyptian curse, Spitfires, the invention of windsurfing and more writers and vineyards than you can shake a fishing rod at: this beloved English county has it all. Here are 13 stories you may never have heard about Hampshire