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The wreck of the 17th-century Royal Navy ship the Gloucester is
When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York
Exhibition of the week The World of King ...
Glamis Castle, Angus, part 2 The seat of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Every month, we trawl the nation’s coastline to bring you news of the people, places and exciting goings-on that are worth knowing about
The seasoned polar explorer Franklin lost two vessels and 129 men, himself included, in the late 1840s, searching for the route that would take 3,000nm off the sea route to the Orient. Even though glo
This year marks the 625th anniversary of The Canterbury Tales author – and “father of English literature” – Geoffrey Chaucer’s death. He penned this classic, about a merry band of medieval pilgrims te
