History

A view down the main cloister in Gloucester Cathedral showing limestone masonry and stained-glass windows.

£40k grant to repair cathedral's famous cloisters

The cloisters have appeared in numerous films and TV shows, including Harry Potter and Wolf Hall.

Gloucestershire

Female mudlark bends down beside the Thames to look at something

'The Thames holds so many of London's secrets'

Items discovered by mudlarks along the Thames feature in a new exhibition at the London Museum.

London

John Morris in black and white against a stylised background with a red bar

John Morris: 'I was very proud to be selected'

John Morris recounts drinking Rakis, contracting malaria and losing mates while serving in World War Two.

A black and white photo of Corby town centre in the 1970s, looking down a main road with two lanes on each side of the carriageway. The buildings are all post-war and boxy. There is an open-topped car park on the right with many retro cars parked. More cars are parked on the main street and pedestrians walk on both pavements. In the distance are industrial looking buildings.

How Corby was reborn as a new town 75 years ago

We look back at 75 years of progress, setback and recovery in the town known as Little Scotland.

Northamptonshire

A black and white, archive image of the toll booth on the Tamar Bridge being built. Two men are attaching the overhang onto one of the booths.

Project aims to tell stories of toll booth workers

An exhibition on the Tamar Bridge between Devon and Cornwall shines a light "on unsung toll staff".

England

A smiling woman holds a jewellery box in her hands, with dozens of small trinkets including bracelets, picture frames and bracelets laid out on a table in front of her at an auction room

Hoard of 'Grand Tour' treasures raises thousands

The collection includes holiday souvenirs brought by aristocrats during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Lincolnshire

A young Bill Gates sits in a garden (Credit: Getty Images)

How Bill Gates mapped out the internet era in 1993

Gates and Paul Allen launched computing giant Microsoft 50 years ago. In 1993, he talked to the BBC about the online innovations that would define the 21st Century.