18-year-old soldier Craig Wood was on patrol in ...

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh

WHEN Linda Cracknell organised a special Christmas present for her mum, Jennifer, she could never have imagined the years-long adventure it was to inspire. The gift was a sailing trip on a historic sm

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

Now we’re in the depths of winter, it’s good to make plans and look forward to the return of sunny days in spring. We’re big fans of Eastbourne on the East Sussex coast, which is one of our favourite

Q My ancestor, a pilot in Poole, had a son taken up by the press, and I’d like to know whether the son was let off, or whether he sailed away and never came back. I asked Dorset Archives some years ag