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Three hundred years since they first appeared, the capital's traditional members-only clubs have endured and evolved. Now a new book explores this peculiarly British phenomenon.
In our age of distraction, the arts appear to be responding in kind, shrinking and streamlining themselves to capture what ...
It’s “an act of betrayal”, acknowledge Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s own sons Rodrigo and Gonzalo in the book’s preface. “We ...
In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of ...
Georgia-raised country performer Willow Avalon talks about vintage dresses, her keys to survival and her album "Southern ...
Samuel Pepys established the Royal Navy Dockyard in the 17th century, where warships were stocked and repaired until its closure in 1960.
Centuries-old tradition showcased the full spectrum of morris dancing, including Appalachian, Border, Cotswold, Clog Stepping ...
In the second of three specials, the first looking at the great plague of 1665, Rob Rinder and historian Ruth Goodman step ...
The next meeting of the Lewes History Group will be at 7.30 p.m. on Monday 14 July at King's Church, Brooks Road, when Mary ...
The free Shipwreck Museum on Rock-a-Nore Road, in Hastings Old Town, has lots going on over the Hastings Pirate Day weekend ...