The mill with a will to survive

York is growing its reputation as a city of ghosts, wizards and the bizarre – with businesses capitalising on all things magic. Ahead of Halloween Maxine Gordon falls under its spell

There’s nothing like a good walk to blow the cobwebs away. Lisa Kjellsson experiences the power of pilgrimage in majestic Yorkshire surroundings

Past and present entwine at the Black Country Living Museum, where history is close enough to touch and stories of the past unfold

In 1666 Britain’s most devastating tornado ripped its way through Lincolnshire. Trace its tranquil route today and explore why we’re a country in love and at war with the wind.

A LOCAL’S GUIDE

Corfe Castle has towered over a Dorset peninsula for 900 years; its stone walls seeing kings crowned, civil wars fought and saints made