“the fifth emergency service”: the uk’s volunteer detectorists

Sara Nicholl, 44, from West Sussex, took up metal detecting as a way to deal with grief. Ten years on, she reflects on the unexpected joy it has brought her

DETECTIVE Constable Judy Mullins tried not to come across as too eager, but it was her first week in CID. Being a detective was all she’d ever wanted. She was new to the town and didn’t know the area,

Just where did all the weird ghosts go is a question that has been posed in Fortean Times. One answer might be Wales. Ghost hunter John Harries declared, “In order to meet a Welsh ghost one really nee

Graham Burton, founder of Drone SAR for Lost Dogs UK, on saving pets – and horses – with cutting-edge tech, tackling scammers and why retirement isn’t exactly restful

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

About 10 years ago, I wrote a feature in Railways Illustrated asking if trainspotting was still a popular hobby and was it still enjoyable. Inspired by the popularity of The Greatest Gathering and per