Simon Allaby

With our Black Friday deals in the bag and Advent calendars ready to be opened we’re all set for the final push to Christmas. But

By the spring of 1621 only half of the Pilgrims who had arrived aboard the Mayflower were still alive, and their chances of survival seemed

When King Charles was born on 14th November 1948 post-war food rationing was still in place. So, very fitting that he should mark his 75th birthday with

After being stranded at the bottom of a cliff for two years Britain’s ‘loneliest sheep’ Fiona has been rescued from Cromarty Firth in the Scottish

It’s the naturalist’s rule of thumb when observing nature not to interfere. Ecosystems are finely balanced, and nature should be allowed to take its course.

As once again conflict erupts in the Middle East, I’m reminded of a poem written by Steve Turner: History repeats itself. Has to. No one

As a child I was fascinated by the Insect-O-Cutor fly killer that hung at the back of the little café, where we would often go

As snooker player Ding Junhui has discovered, wearing the wrong clothes can be costly. He turned up for his opening match at the England Open

On 4th January the British Prime Minister made five bold promises. He pledged to halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt, cut NHS waiting lists and

Being acquitted of a crime would normally be a cause for celebration. But not so for one inmate who was acquitted of all the charges

While Barbie and Oppenheimer were this summer’s blockbusters, Sound of Freedom has been the unexpected box-office hit of 2023. It tells the fictionalised story of

Following a problem with air traffic control on Bank Holiday Monday thousands of travellers are now stranded far from home. The issue has been no

To the amazement of its owners a single house remains intact in what was once the thriving town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of

For one week each year I tolerate the deprivations that come with camping so that we can attend a Christian festival. Over the years we’ve

But for an accident of history the Orkney Islands might still be part of Norway and ruled by men with names such as Erik Bloodaxe

It would seem that Vladimir Putin is unfamiliar with the saying that harbouring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping the other person will die.

As I write the eyes of the world are focussed on the desperate search to find a tiny submarine lost in the North Atlantic. Last

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant tells the story of an American soldier, John Kinley, and his Afghan interpreter, Ahmed. The sole survivors of an ambush deep

Pitching to the Dragons Den in 2006, the inventor of the Trunki ride-on suitcase for children was told his idea was worthless. It was one

In the early part of the 20th century there was probably no more exciting and lethal place to be than an Edwardian home – exciting because