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ELLA AL-SHAMAHI on exploring the evolution of mankind

HAPPY birthday, dear Liv.” Olivia did her best not to roll her eyes. She would never be so ungracious – Jan was, after all, her oldest friend! She weighed the flat, rectangular parcel in her hand. “Yo

Life’s pleasures immortalized in a marble sculpture

A tree that took root almost 5,000 years ago – before the first stones were raised at Stonehenge – has been unearthed at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire during the National Trust’s largest lowland peatla

With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism–and there are far more of them than you might imagine, says Tom Howells