Members of the  cast of the TV series Dad’s Army   visit the Imperial War Museum in Southwark in 1974. Bill Pertwee (third from left) died today aged 86. Photograph:  Chris Ware/Keystone/Getty Images

Dad’s Army star Bill Pertwee died peacefully today with his family around him, his agent said.The actor, who was 86, was known for his role as the air(...)

Chemical investigations suggest that raw material for Ireland’s prehistoric gold hoard may have been sourced from near neighbours. An alternati(...)

Steal away to write that novel
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In 1998 Sue Booth-Forbes, an American teacher, writer and editor who had been running creative retreats on a voluntary basis in Boston, decided(...)

Detail from Still Life with Garlic (1947). Photographs: The Estate of William Scott

I f ever an artist’s reputation was in urgent need of rescuing, it is William Scott’s, writes Sarah Whitfield in her recent study of the painte(...)

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