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Tuesday, June 2, 1953: Coronation Day. With London decked out to celebrate its 27-year-old Queen, there was only one story in town. Or rather, two. Just four days earlier, with perfect timing, two men, hacking through the snow, had made it to the top of the world’s highest mountain. Edmund Hillary was a tall Kiwi … Read more
Beatrix Potter once lived in this gorgeous house that inspired a character in her children’s book The Tale of Pigling Bland. Hardcragg Hall, on the market for £1million, was built in 1563 and is believed to be the oldest house in Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria. The 400-year-old house was owned by the Townley family of whom Beatrix … Read more
Moving house is a stressful business. There’s all that packing up and agonising over what to take, what to throw out, what to give away; then there’s the settling into a new home. But for John and Angela Hodge there was the additional heartache of knowing that they didn’t really want to leave Ballingdon Hall, … Read more
London’s first playhouse, the Red Lion, has been found by archaeologists. Excavations at a site in Whitechapel in central London yielded convincing evidence that the Red Lion has been discovered. The Red Lion is thought to be the earliest known purpose-built theatre of the Elizabethan era, opened around 1567, but its exact location has long … Read more
Mysterious Drake’s island where Elizabethan explorer set sail to explore the world will get its first visitors in 30 years before former naval fortress is transformed into a luxury holiday resort Drake’s Island, 600 yards off the coast of Plymouth, has lain derelict for 30 years But after it was purchased by Plymouth businessman boat … Read more