August 25, 2020

The secrets of Scotland’s ancient capital Seven kings are buried among Dunfermline's litter-strewn ruins — a fact the nationalists could make more of

Daniel Kalder

17.08

How Birmingham changed the world With its long history of nonconformity and innovation, Brum is a blueprint for a better Britain

Paul Lay

13.08

Ramsgate’s difficult relationship with Europe The history of this corner of England has always been coloured by its proximity to the continent

Aris Roussinos

12.08

Hull’s irresistible perversity The city revels in its separateness — but it may offer lessons for the rest of the UK

Matthew Sweet

11.08

Why they burn witches in Scotland Where the Highlands meet the Lowlands, Christianity both assimilated and clashed with paganism

Diane Purkiss

10.08

Don’t call Abingdon ordinary It has been a place of innovation ever since Æthelwold marked out his millstream

Eleanor Parker

07.08

Why Britain needs a peasants’ revolt To become more self-sufficient, we must listen to William Cobbett and his dream of a 'Brave Old World'

John Lewis-Stempel

06.08

Why Stamford said no to modernity The Lincolnshire town may be stuck in the past — but is that really such a bad thing?

Mary Harrington

05.08

Jack Charlton’s vanished world In a town where miners were 'aristocrats of labour' and working men's clubs were luxurious, a pair of football stars were born

Dan Jackson

04.08

Where England sinks into the sea The strange and shifting history of Dungeness resonates with our modern dilemmas

Niall Gooch

03.08

The village that imagined a godless world In the Dorset parish of Chaldon Herring, 20th century intellectuals imagined a philosophy beyond Christianity

John Gray