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The horse-chestnut tree Aesculus hippocastanum PHOTO: WikimediaImages/Pixabay

If Napoleon had this cream, history may have been different…

by Fiona Chapman. One of the highlights of walking in the woods in autumn is coming across glossy, tactile and...

Only about 400 breeding pairs of goshawks are left in the UK

Meditations in nature: The phantom of the forest

by Susie Curtin. It is not often that I set out into the woods with an agenda, but I have...

Shllingstone Church of the Holy Rood

King Henry VIII and the colourful history of the parish register…

by Laura Manning. The Blackmore Vale Family History Group welcomed the secretary of the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society...

Beano at Stonehenge

Halloween ‘Henge

FAMILIES are being urged to gather their little monsters for a ghoulishly good day out at Stonehenge this half term....

Stonehenge Mystery of the Stones

Holmes at stones

THE world’s most famous detectives will be at the world’s most famous stone circle as they bid to solve a...

Ancient Japanese artifacts will be on show. PICTURE: English Heritage

New display details Stonehenge’s parallels with Japanese circles

A NEW exhibition at Stonehenge will feature ancient Japanese artefacts – none of which have been displayed in Britain before....

Collection of vintage hats

Clothes, hats, shoes, fabrics and more besides

Acreman St. Antiques Auction Sherborne is holding its specialist Textile, Fashion & Apparel Auction on Friday 21 October with viewing...

An Omega Workshops vase by Roger Fry

Style the order of the day at auction

WOOLLEY & Wallis will host a Design auction on Wednesday and Thursday, October 19 and 20. The auction follows design...

The micromosaic and marble table. Credit: Wooley & Wallis

Rothschild Italian marble table forms centrepiece of New Forest house sale

A 200-year-old table valued at £3,500 around 100 years ago when it was bought by Alfred de Rothschild has sold...

Sloes

October is a fruit forager’s heaven

As the leaves begin to turn, the nuts and berries on hedgerows and in woods are ripening. Helen Keating from...