The identity of a Scottish sailor killed in Connecticut after a skirmish during the War of 1812 long remained a mystery until two local history buffs got involved.

The activist’s memoir, due to be published this month, now stands as a posthumous testament to her remarkable life

Woolston Eyes in Warrington, a dumping ground for canal dredgings, has become best place in UK for black-necked grebe A dumping ground for dredgings from the Manchester Ship Canal has become the best place in Britain for the rare and beautiful black-necked grebe, hosting 64% of Britain’s breeding population. Since 2021, Woolston Eyes in Cheshire has been restored, extended and turned into a mosaic of freshwater pools, reedbeds, willow scrub and rough grassland, managed by the RSPB and Woolston Eyes Conservation Group. Continue reading...

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

The funding cut threatening the observatory has caused a public outcry and reinforced the site’s image as the spiritual and practical home of astronomy

The journalist was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014 but continued to work until recently

Archaeologists reveal how iron sickles, weighted stones, and soil chemistry were engineered to stop the dead from rising in post-medieval Poland and beyond

Early in his career, Alfred Hitchcock began making small appearances in his own films. The cameos sometimes lasted just a few brief seconds, and sometimes a little while longer.

An American priest faces charges of aggravated theft of cultural heritage after stealing a stone fragment from an ancient archaeological site in Rome.