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This is one in a series of articles; the intention is to provide an overview of useful family and local history records in existence, covering the period 1066-1485. Each article can be enjoyed as a st

The mythology of the ‘career open to talents’

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales

Fluctuating weather patterns, the future of agri-environmental schemes and a step back in time provide much to reflect on for Joe Stanley this month

Visiting Coventry in 1934, a centre of the motor industry, writer JB Priestley mused that, “The modern motor car represents an astonishing feat of human ingenuity. If we were one half so clever in the