British Features
Preserving Britain's Glories
When Sir Neil Cossons retired as Chairman of English Heritage in June 2007, his farewell party was held in a building overlooking St Pancras Station. This was a fitting venue given the extent of Neil’s personal involvement in the transformation of William Henry Barlow’s revolutionary train shed – the world’s largest singlespan structure when it opened in 1868 – into the gleaming new UK terminus of the European high-speed train network. The other big mission of his Chairmanship – resolving the ‘national disgrace’ of the Stonehenge landscape – had defeated him just as surely as it had defeated every one of his predecessors, but rescuing St Pancras will go down as one of the great achievements of Neil’s period in office.
Mick Aston reveals the secrets of Time Team
The Time team is Britain's longest running archaeology TV series. Here, Professor Mick Aston, the leader of the Time Team, reveals the secrets behind the programme's success.
How to Kill a Witch- The Reigate witch Bottle
What do you do if you find yourself bewitched? If you find you are constantly out of sorts, and you just know someone has put the evil eye on you? The answer is obvious: you must set about killing the witch who has bewitched you. But how do you set about killing a witch?
Footloose in Archaeology
"Feet- did you say Feet?-Ugh-h-h!" That is the usual remark I hear when I mention my Research Project. I hope that when you have finished reading this your reaction will have changed.
