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 ...

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

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