Arthur Schopenhauer 
101 Facts of life 

The Yorkshire fishing town of Whitby, close to the spectacular scenery of the North York Moors, has attracted visitors for centuries. The ruins of the famous abbey overlooking the town are on one of …

Plymouth is steeped in history, from the prehistoric remains discovered at Cattedown, the Bronze Age trading settlement at Mount Batten and the Roman burial grounds at Stonehouse to the Pilgrim …

Woolton History Tour offers a fascinating insight into the history of this area in Liverpool. Author David Paul guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks …

Famous as the home of the British Army, the small village of Aldershot in the north-east corner of Hampshire grew rapidly around the garrison that was established on the heath there for the British …

The town of Dartmouth, lying on the River Dart estuary on Devon’s south coast, has long had close associations with the sea. It was an important port for south-west England during the Middle Ages and …

The Norfolk town of King’s Lynn was one of the country’s most important ports in the Middle Ages. Although it declined with the growth of the Atlantic trade in later centuries, it continued to thrive …

Everyone has an inner voice that tells them important things they have no other way of knowing. A select few have learned how to tune in to that voice and use its wisdom to avoid disaster, heal their …