I’ve always loved books with maps in the front, so that you can really picture where the action takes place. Some books don’t tell you in ...

I do like a good dragon! The fearsome, treasure-loving Smaug in The Hobbit has got to be one of the best ever. His creator, the celebrated ...

For as long as I can remember, old buildings have filled me with a longing to know who lived there before. Very often, there is no way of ...

355 years ago today, on 2 September 1666, Londoners woke to the news that a fire was raging in the southeast of the City and spreading rap...