News of the closure of one of Britain’s oldest department stores, taking the name Beales from the High Street, has brought ...

Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.

Japan had lived in relative isolation from the outside world. American gunboat diplomacy, instigated by Commodore Perry in 1853, opened up Japan for trade with the West. The Japanese did not wish to ...

A union is stepping up its calls for Government intervention to safeguard the future of the pottery industry. It first made the call following the collapse of Royal Stafford, in Burslem, last week.