At one of the highest points in Dorset, above the village of Portesham, stands a monument to Thomas Hardy. The stone tower, built in 1844, was not built to remember the world famous English novelist ...

British sailmaker Ratsey & Lapthorn launches a new line of handcrafted leather and canvas bags, inspired by its heritage. The ...

With an average ship of the line needing 154,500 feet for its rigging alone, ropemaking was vitally important during the age ...

Chatham in Kent embodies the problems facing many small towns in the UK, but there are shoots of recovery beginning to come ...

The path to becoming a luxury fashion label isn’t always linear. Case in point: Guccio Gucci famously worked as a bellhop ...

The hair belonging to naval hero Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson, who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar, was discovered in a ...

England edges closer to victory against India in the Lord's Test, needing just two wickets on Monday to secure a 2-1 series lead. England dominated the morning session, reducing India ...

LONDON (AP) — England took a slow-burning Lord's test from India on Monday and it didn't matter to the winner that it fluked it in the end.

Brydon Carse played a good hand in England's atypical first innings show of 387 as they turned away from their bazball approach and scored runs at 3.44 an over. Carse highlighted that the victory ...