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A Virgin photographic lesson in Eryri (Snowdonia)

I’ve always loved taking photos. Forty years ago, I learned how to shoot images on a…

My son Owen is in the middle of his A level exams, which has brought back…

I was thrilled to discover that Victoria Owens had written a biography of one of my…

Gallipoli was one of the most catastrophic Allied campaigns of the first world war. It was…

Voters in the suburbs of Wigan in north west England will choose Britain’s next prime minister…

I love extraordinary stories that bring history to life. A couple of years ago, I shared…

UPDATED, 6 JANUARY 2026 It was like opening a time capsule. When my grandmother died aged…

Twenty years ago today, I became a blogger. On New Year’s Eve 2005, rather than joining…

Above: shades of the 1930s. My copy of the Guardian reporting over 3 million out of…

The Mechanics’ Institute in Swindon, Wiltshire, is symbolic of the Victorian belief in self improvement. It…