Why our mills matter

With its graceful columns and sweeping courtyard, the Piece Hall in Halifax could, if you squint, be mistaken for a grand Venetian piazza. The surrounding green hills (and not-so-Italian weather) prov

SALFORD is very different from when my four-year-old father and his younger sister were taken there to live with his grandparents when their mother passed away. Their father, who worked on the railway

On the 50th anniversary of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, Simon Jenkins, a trustee since 1975, looks back on the past half century of successes and failures

While it is relatively simple to re-purpose former stations, sheds and signal boxes into something else, other legacy structures are a bit more complicated. Just what do you do with a redundant railway bridge, for example? Steam Railway takes a look at a few notable examples to find out.

Wearing its heritage on its sleeve, this medieval castle has lived many lives, including a fortified castle, a Jacobean mansion and a comfortable Victorian family home

MUCH can be said for modern ways, but that doesn’t mean heritage crafts should be allowed to fall by the wayside. These long-established practices have been passed from generation to generation, and r