I’ve just returned from three magical days in the Lake District. Craggy mountains, mist over the fells, and the gentle hum of a Herdwick sheep or two. I stayed near Hill Top, once home to Beatrix Pott

ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROADWATER FARM RIOTS, WE LOOK AT THE DARK HISTORY OF PUBLIC DISORDER IN THE UK

A dangerous man was lurking in the bushes…

“I hope you don’t f***ing drop me. The way they’re carrying me, you’d think I’d died of f***ing lead poisoning.” Funerals are never an easy experience, and can be made considerably harder when the dec

Each issue, we investigate the most ghostly places to visit. Here, we take a look at grisly goings-on in the Black Country

When the phone-hacking scandal was exposed by Guardian journalist Nick Davies in 2009, it unearthed the scale and impact of the criminality at the News of the World newspaper. Private investigators we