November is St Edmund’s Day, celebrating the king and martyr who was once the patron saint of England. This is his story.

A major conservation project has been honoured with a prestigious award for its work preserving a Grade II* listed monument once described as being in a “critical” state. The restoration of the Willis ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...