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If greatness consists in the combination of character and intellect of the highest order and if it is to be judged by the enduring value of solid work done in the fields of thought and action and its...

Intervention by conservationists halts sale of 1530s roundel from Grade-I listed manor, created to celebrate king’s union with Anne Boleyn

A high court judge has ruled to allow the £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel – and robbed motorists of a precious glimpse of something ancient, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Canberra in those far-off days was regarded as a joke by the rest of Australia. The essence of this ridicule was the notion of a 'Bush Capital' making even less impression on the visitor than such neighbouring country towns as Goulburn. compared to the great coastal cities, whence most of Canberra’s population was embarrassingly unimpressive

Communities come together to remember wars that left hardly any town or village unscathed.

‘The delicate loveliness of England is seen here at its best,’ wrote Arthur Mee. If only one could find the place on a map

Many of our towns and villages were forever shaped by bombs dropped during the war. We look at some of the key sites hit and what is there now.

Geograph currently has 176 photos in SK5330, near to Gotham, Nottinghamshire, Great Britain

Cartoonist Michael Leunig is a son of the west. He was born in East Melbourne and educated at Footscray North […]

It may have been eclipsed as reference material, but it’s still a valuable indication of the general knowledge of past generations