Markers in time

The 70mph motorway limit was introduced thanks to a certain AC Cobra’s high-speed antics, right? Guess again. We separate fact from fiction 60 years on

I had watched Richard III meet a bloody end at Bosworth, come face to face with a plague victim, stood in the shadow of a mighty trebuchet, and been put on trial for my life. And it was barely lunchti

What the scientists are saying…

So much of Britain’s diverse wealth of historic railway infrastructure still exists in one shape or another -if you know where to look. TIM DUNN goes exploring

A walk can take you deep into history’s long past and your own – as Guy Procter discovers.

I’m sceptical about news stories you sometimes read of big black cats roaming the countryside. I was, however, tempted to don my boots for a hike I found on the internet titled In the Footsteps of the