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Whitchurch Silk Mill to host talk about Trafalgar Way
Kathy Brown from the 1805 Club will present her talk, The Trafalgar Way, at Whitchurch Silk Mill on Tuesday, February 18. The talk will explore Lieutenant John Lapenotière's journey from Falmouth to ...
The disaster facing the majestic English oak tree
Our emblematic tree is in short supply and in danger of running out – is the idea of homegrown hardwood sunk forever?
North Shields in the 1980s: 10 photos of the North Tyneside town four decades ago
North Shields is marking its 800th anniversary this year. Founded in 1225 when a group of huts called ‘shiels’ were ...
Underwater enigma: 80 years later, researchers uncover fate of missing submarine
After more than eight decades, new research has revisited the clues from a World War II covert operation lost beneath the ...
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The Eternal Mysteries of Red
It’s often deemed the first color, the strongest color, the color that stands for color itself. So why does it keep slipping ...
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HMS Exeter is celebrated in a new set of Falklands stamps.
In 2005 she took part in the International Fleet Review to mark the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, in 2008 anchored in the Thames to host the launch of the Bond novel Devil May Care ...