Britain has more than 3,000 stately homes, and many are open to us hoi polloi. Indeed, visiting a stately home has become a ...

In Alan Hollinghurst’s first novel, The Swimming Pool Library (1988), set during the summer of 1983, the young gay narrator, ...

The adulterous monarch married Anne - the second of six wives - after an affair with her while still with his first wife Catherine of Aragon, with whom he later parted company. Anne had been serving ...

Another ship verified is Mystery J, which features in the Ballymena song popularised by Harry Belafonte and others. The story of the legendary song Hoist Up the John B Sails is laudably chronicled by ...

They still retain their status as one of the iconic symbols of British life ... is the Cambridge University Library, fondly known as the UL. Its 157-feet tall tower makes it one of the tallest ...

A new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists, writers and thinkers ...

I dream in double denim. So, ever since thrifting an indigo denim jacket last year, I’ve been on the hunt for some low-rise ...

It’s not the oldest wine region in the world (Georgia claims that distinction), but it is certainly the most famous; its ...

This is one person's ultimate Ireland bucket list - from the surf up North to going on a ghost hunt. What would be on your ...

In 1913, Santa Cruz High School burned to the ground. In the rebuilding, they decided to double the size of the school, and ...

German air raids had killed or injured more than 1,400 residents of the city and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes ...

Secret passages, mysteriously locked rooms, and ghosts in the panelling: author Louise Davidson explores why the British ...