The map girls who helped win the war

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

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Just 25 years ago, there seemed to be little new to say about the Vikings – and that was particularly the case for Viking women. The centuries-old consensus was that Viking wives and daughters stayed

Whether they knew his name or not, whole generations of Brits were familiar with the work of Reginald Mount, who lent his talents to the Ministry of Information during World War Two and beyond. Mount,

'Compared to the men's racing, where there are a few riders especially one who win most of the time, in the women's races it's much more open.' So says pro racing photographer Francesco Rachello, and