Discover the story of St. Amphibalus, the saint named after a cloak, whose shrine lies in St. Albans Cathedral, and that of ...

Mention the Great Train Robbery and everyone assumes that you mean the one in 1963, when a group of robbers including Ronnie Biggs, held up the Glasgow to London mail train. However there was another ...

Christmas is now firmly behind us but we still find ourselves in the depths of a bleak midwinter, at least if you live in the northern hemisphere. Here in the UK, we are in the grip of a January cold ...

The last Sunday before Advent is ‘Stir-up Sunday’, the day when traditionally families gather together to prepare the Christmas pudding. This year that will be Sunday 23rd November 2025. The day does ...

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On 5 February 1811, George, Prince of Wales, was declared Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The new Prince Regent had been waiting for this moment for a very long time. Over ...

The rugged hills of Bodmin Moor attract visitors year-round with their windswept beauty and timeless allure. Nestled on the Moor’s southeast fringe lies an area rich in historic treasures, from a ...

Radio Rentals, DER, Rediffusion, Granada, Visionhire, Martin Dawes and Thorn Television Rentals were all well-known names on the 1970s British High Street that have now all but disappeared. At its ...

Dating from the Georgian era, gentlemen’s clubs were reserved exclusively for the aristocracy and the elite, to meet, drink, socialise and gamble. They were also the unofficial stomping grounds of ...

John Gray joined the Edinburgh Police Force as a night watchman in 1850. To keep him company through the winter nights John took a partner, a diminutive Skye Terrier, called Bobby. Together they ...