Peterborough Heritage Festival, the UK’s largest multi-period living history festival, returns on 15-16 June 2019 for its 11th year with another day of free family fun. This year marks 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria, celebrating in a true jubilee style with a Victorian funfair. Events on the day will also include Have A Go Archery,…

Having the time of her life Think of Queen Victoria. What’s the picture that you see in your head? An aging, dumpy little widow dressed all in black? Pretty, sparkling Jenna Coleman, in ITV’s recent series about the monarch? Or Dame Judi Dench, slurping her soup, snoring between courses at dinner but still girlish when faced with the…

The house on cold hill will send shivers down your spine When things start to go bump in the night at The House on Cold Hill it quickly becomes clear to the Harcourt family that their dream home has turned into the stuff of nightmares and maybe, just maybe they are not the only ones ‘living’ there... Think of a ghost story and…

An Invitation to the Palace There is something about a seaside pier that is the essence of the British summer and we headed down to the celebrated East Sussex shingle beachfront determined to enjoy one of the less sunny April days.…