It’s not surprising, therefore, that many sheriffs gained a reputation for being selfish and grasping, none more so than the ...

A magical mermaid story extracted from the new book Welsh Folk Tales of Coast and Sea by Peter Stevenson. The shallow sea in Cardigan Bay, from Pen Llŷn in the north to Ceredigion in the west, was ...

In the thirteenth century the law and finances of each English county were under the jurisdiction of a sheriff (the word comes from ‘shire-reeve’), who was appointed by the Crown. Catherine Hanley ...

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Patrick Watt was born in Inverness and grew up in the seaside town of Nairn. In 2000, he moved to Edinburgh to work for the Scottish Government, before transferring to the National Archives of ...

PETER ROSS RANGE is a world-travelled journalist who has covered war, politics and international affairs. He served as TIME correspondent in Germany and Vietnam and as White House correspondent for ...

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Benjamin Stimpson, BA (Hons), MBACP is an author, independent folklorist and therapist. He is the author of Ancestral Whispers (Sept 2023, Llewellyn Worldwide), which to date has sold over 2,000 ...

Dr TONY HEATHCOTE studied South Asian History at SOAS University of London and, as curator of the Royal Military Sandhurst Collection, was for many years the principal curatorial officer in the ...