When Joseph Paxton, then just twenty-three, came to Chatsworth as Head Gardener he wasted no time getting settled in.

When Archimedes discovered the principle of displacement, he was hot on the trail of a clever fraud.

It was not just his own family that wanted to know what Samuel Crompton was doing by night in his quaint Bolton workshop.

Sir Humphry Davy explains in simple terms what it is that leads to scientific progress.

Edward III enticed over-regulated Dutch textile workers across the Channel with the promise of English beef and English beauties.

Toby ‘Trotty’ Veck used to love hearing the church bells ring the New Year in, but now the chimes make him feel guilty, and afraid for the world.