Peeps’ recent series on Victoria Cross recipients has prompted an intriguing query from a reader about a decorated D-Day hero who gave his life in the bitter fighting just a week after the landings.

Devon is awash with natural and historic attractions – great news for wildlife lovers and culture vultures heading here on a ...

Remembered as one of the best-selling novelists of the 20th century, Nevil Shute Norway was also an aeronautical engineer who ...

King George VI died in his sleep. It was a defining moment in the British monarchy. Princess Elizabeth, then 25, was in Kenya ...

The convertible has no side windows or heater but does have a GM replacement engine. The original brand’s last model year was ...

Prince Karim, Aga Khan IV, spiritual leader of the 15 million Nizari Ismaili Muslims, was among the world's pre-eminent owner ...

Two days before D-Day, his vessel left Weymouth for Normandy. He later said of surviving D-Day: 'I never imagined myself being part of the forces which were actually landing on the beaches.

Thanks to its proximity to Paris, Normandy makes for an easy daytrip ... Bayeux was the first city liberated after the D-Day landing. It's also the closest city to the landing site not destroyed ...

Victor Osborne died Feb. 1 at age 106. A fixture at Remembrance Day ceremonies in Nanaimo, he was born in London, England, on ...

Depending on weather and clouds, rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral can be seen from Daytona Beach ...

Perhaps you’re already in the city; maybe you’re arriving in a day or two for the game. If you’re lucky enough to be headed ...

Companies like Normandy Sightseeing Tours, Bayeux Shuttle and Paris City Vision earn high praise from past visitors. Located near the cemetery is the Normandy Visitors Center, which highlights the ...