Tucked away down rural lanes in the centre of the South Hams, Blackdown Rings is a hidden gem with sweeping views that are ...

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 ...

The Dickin Medal, also known as the animals' Victoria Cross, was awarded for bravery 54 times between 1943 and 1949: to 18 ...

Originally built in AD70 and then expended in AD90 – 120, London’s Roman basilica was a building unlike any other in Britain. Occupying nearly 2 hectares of land and standing at a height of up to 3 ...

Coldharbour is one of the few streets on the Isle of Dogs that has avoided 19th and 20th century development, and as such provides visitors with a wonderful trip back in time to when this area was the ...

Whilst it is always a pleasure to wander through London’s leafy legal enclaves, the highlight of any walk up Inner Temple Lane is without doubt the gatehouse at its northern end. A unique survivor of ...

Hidden down a small street in Farringdon lies a quite remarkable building – 41/42 Cloth Fair. Built between 1597 and 1614, this is the only house in the City of London to have survived the Great Fire ...

On the west side of Newington Green, perched on the border of Hackney and Islington, is the home of the oldest surviving terraced houses in London. Built in 1658, the four buildings at 52-55 Newington ...

If you were to find yourself in the condemned cell of Newgate Prison in the eighteenth century that cheerful advice above would be proclaimed, by the St Sepulchre’s church sexton, to every prisoner in ...

The advent of colour television and a program called 'Pot Black' introduced snooker to a whole new audience and led to a ...