There’s something a bit magical about the Spotted Calf café – the small but perfectly formed off-spring of the Spotted...
There’s something a bit magical about the Spotted Calf café – the small but perfectly formed off-spring of the Spotted...
With an introductory splutter, the public address system announced, first in Norwegian, then in English and German, that we were...
Brian Spencer follows the life of this Denby-born man who went on to be the first Astronomer Royal and set...
People often asked me “What can I do to attract wildlife into my garden?” I ask them what they already...
Last year, I bought my wife a complete boxed set of The Avengers. So many episodes does it contain that...
Beyond Birmingham and before reaching Bristol on the way to the south west, travellers using the M5 gateway to the...
My daughter, although now 22, has gone through many enthusiasms in her short life: Barbie Dolls, Beanie Babies, My Little...

Toy animals have been around since the days of Ancient Egypt, but bears only since the 18th century, and genuinely...

From the days of ancient Greece right up to the present day, people all over the world have been fascinated...

Two pints of lager and a cream truffle may not be the average round for most pub-goers but The Three...

Hidden away in a deeply wooded ravine, Lumsdale is unknown to many who live nearby, but as Brian Spencer discovered,...

Like Hope, Hathersage and Chapel-en-le-Frith, Glossop was once a vast parish of over 50,000 acres, subsequently subdivided, covering the hills...

There have to be places that Sir Niklaus Pevsner omitted simply because the buildings there were not really worthy of...

With the restoration of the historic Crescent fully completed and open to visitors, Buxton can once again bask in its...

If Sir Nikolaus Pevsner had included scenery as well as buildings, the hamlets of the Hope Valley might have taken...
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