History’s greatest conundrums and mysteries solved

Quiz of the week 1) Which London landmark ...

Quaint relic or symbol of bad taste, garden gnomes have gone in and out of fashion. They are generally thought to have originated in Switzerland and Germany in the late 18th century. Then, in 1841, a

Letter of the week As old as ...

Henry Jeffreys on the emergence e of Essex as a winemaking county

Beer comes in a bewilderment of varieties, produced on a giant scale or in tiny microbreweries. Such dominance isn’t bad for a drink supped for more than 10,000 years, writes Clare Hunt

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