The historic county of Lancashire was the birthplace of England’s first industrial canals. Canals were created as an alternative way to tr...

The garden of my house in Perth, Scotland, lost its iron rail fence in World War II – not to an enemy bomb, but to patriotism. All over the ...

I for one visit my library regularly. I was there this morning, in fact, editing my current manuscript. I borrow books, I use the reference ...

In May this year, I was lucky enough to fulfil a lifetime’s ambition and visit Roanoke Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Roanok...