The Battle of Towton on 29th March 1461 was possibly the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil. Although the Lancastrian King Henry VI had transferred the right of succession to the ...

On 30th March 1856, the Crimean War was formally brought to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. This formal recognition signed at the Congress of Paris came after Russia accepted a ...

Some believe that certain stones can cure illnesses – for example, the 12 o’clock Stone near Nancledra in Cornwall can, it is said, cure children of rickets as long as they are not illegitimate or the ...

Snooker is a popular billiard game that attracts millions of viewers all over the world. It was the introduction of colour television by the BBC that was instrumental in an initial snooker boom in ...

Not many people know about Blackdown Rings – unless you’re local to the Modbury area, it would probably never occur to you to seek out this sequestered field near the hamlet of Hazelwood. Its hillocks ...

In 1843 the Church of Scotland was still a powerful and influential voice in the nation. Yet in that year it saw a third of its ministers and elders leave to form the Free Church of Scotland; what is ...

Since their domestication, animals have always been trustworthy companions to humans, as shown by their loyal service in war with military forces on and off the battlefield. During the Second World ...

Hugh Mercer (1725-1777), a son of Pitsligo kirk minister William Mercer, of Rosehearty, was one of several Highlander Jacobites to leave behind “his own, his native land” in the eighteenth century ...

Traditionally, the Christian festival of Shrovetide was a time to “shrive” or confess your sins, to eat and drink your fill before the abstinence of Lent, and to have a bit of fun. Left over bits of ...

Lurking around the back of the world famous Savoy lies an ingenious – if not slightly nauseating – piece of Victorian engineering; London’s last remaining sewage lamp. The Webb Patent Sewer Gas Lamp ...

Greenwich Park, one of the eight Royal Parks in London, is home to a rather decrepit piece of Royal history; Queen Elizabeth’s Oak. It should be remembered that by the time of the Tudors, the ancient ...

There have been many reincarnations of London Bridge since the original Roman crossing in AD50. The most famous and longstanding of these was the “Old” Medieval bridge, finished in 1209 during the ...