The luxurious new resort, Borgo Egnazia is nestled in the foothills of the Apennine Mountains and has the original ancient road to Rome passing beside the front gates. Spread across 20 hectares, the resort includes a luxury hotel, 28 three-bedroom villas, and an Apulian-style vil...

Devised by über-enthusiastic (and aptly-named) history teacher Harry Hastings, History Heroes is a card game that aims to educate, and excite, children about that great institution – the British monarchy. History, exciting? If your memories

the best photographs to be displayed at the Natural History Museum (until March 11 2012), before touring the UK and abroad. And there's certainly no talent lacking in the young, budding photographer’s category. Hui Yu Kim is the deserving winner of the 10

The redevelopment of the National Museum of Scotland has been quite a big deal. With an investment just shy of £50 million, the site in the heart of Edinburgh has been transformed and I couldn’t wait to see what was on offer. The last time I was in the museum, I was knee high to ...

Atlas (my mum tells me it won a Junior Design Award!). He's an explorer and an adventurer – I like the sound of that. I also loved the Horrible Histories talk because, well, I'm a boy and I love gruesome, grisly things. Did feel a bit sad about the World

If you ever stop to ponder how people managed to communicate in a world before email and iPhones, pay a visit to the place where it all began, Porthcurno Telegraph Museum. Discover the Victorian coded system that revolutionised communication forever and may well have won us the w...

Jousting knights, pretty princesses and fiery dragons await your presence amongst the imposing medieval grandeur of one of Britain's most impressive castles. Rich with over 1000 years of fascinating history, Warwick castle is buzzing with life

1. Find a large tree and choose a point from which to measure it at around four to five feet from the ground, ensuring you choose a part of the tree that is not significantly thicker or thinner than the rest of the trunk.2. Using a soft and flexible tape measure, measure the girt...

have taken place on board during its illustrious 143-year history. Okay, so it was a commercial clipper (as opposed to a pirate ship), transporting tea, wool and buffalo horns as cargo, but it is also a magnificent testimony to the glorious bygone days

The gentle chuff of the steam engine, the soothing clickety-clack of the wheels on the track, green fields slipping by… The 100-year-old Kent And East Sussex Railway offers the passenger a tranquil ride through this rural idyll, known as 1066 Country, with lots to see and do alon...