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It helped the wealthy folk of London have a little fishy on their little dishy and, in doing so, transformed the fortunes of Norfolk fishermen in the 19th century. However, after decades of obsolescence, Great Yarmouth’s Ice House is doing the architectural equivalent of running off and joining the
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Beneath the dreaming spires of Oxford lurks a dark and seedy past. For all their education, the university’s students made the city a den of iniquity full of dr
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As the injured RAF pilot Frank Griffiths crossed the Pyrenees in October 1943, looking over his shoulder for Nazis, all he could think about was survival. Eight
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When the well-imbibed people of Britain enjoy a kebab in the wee hours of Saturday morning, they should do so proud in the knowledge that they are part of a tra
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Holbeche House, in Dudley, is the place where the Gunpowder Plot ended. The remaining plotters were besieged there and some, including the ringleader Robert Ca
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Queen Elizabeth II was known for her emotional reserve, but the actor Michael Ball once saw her upper lip unstiffen. He sang People Will Say We’re in Love at a
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Professor Nicholas Royle recalled a conversation about his grandmother’s illicit romance with the married children’s novelist
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Stunning structures from Shah Jahan’s bath were removed during colonial rule in India and will go on display after decades in storage
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It was a field of death where thousands lost their lives and were buried. Yet, 200 years later, when archaeologists came to dig at Waterloo, they could find no more than a pair of skeletons.A new
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When Johnny Flynn researched his role as Richard Burton in The Motive and the Cue, he channelled Hamlet: “Thrift! Thrift!” The play concerns John Gielgud directing Burton as the Dane, but Flynn’s
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2023 was a big year for day trips, and not just for the famous Tudor castles
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