6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (393+ words) A FOSSIL hunter who was one of the first women to be employed by the Natural History Museum has been recognised with a national blue plaque. Dorothea Bate, who died in 1951 aged 72, “transformed our understanding of prehistoric animals and ancient…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (430+ words) A GLOUCESTERSHIRE fossil hunter who was one of the first women to be employed by the Natural History Museum has been recognised with a national blue plaque. Dorothea Bate, who died in 1951 aged 72, “transformed our understanding of prehistoric animals and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (579+ words) From courtship rituals to the value of horses, Georgian attitudes to sex work and insanity, vulnerable adults and fraud, historian Angela Muir uncovers the forgotten intrigues recorded in the documents of Wales’ Court of Great Sessions in her new book…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (472+ words) Historian Tracy Borman on why she is taking her Tudors obsession on tour FEW people would find it romantic to tie the knot at the scene of another bride’s beheading, but TV historian Tracy Borman is a one-off. Explaining her…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (297+ words) The items are part of the Reinhold Mack Collection, an 82-lot archive offered by the German producer, who worked frequently with Queen, and his son, Freddie Jnr, Mercury's only godson. This story is from the August 24, 2026 edition of Western Morning…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (292+ words) Shock after human bones found A COUPLE'S garden became a suspected crime scene after builders found ancient human bones, sparking a major police investigation. Ross Sledger, 49, was stunned when a tradesman working on his kitchen extension said he had uncovered…...