India has a range of monumental forts that are both impressive and historic. The forts are long-standing representation of India's heritage, royal power, and architectural genius, having been built by ...
Martha Kearney visits Whitstable to discover the fascinating and mysterious story behind Guy Maunsell’s sea forts at Shivering Sands. Built in the second world war as air defences, these towers can ...
Forget landlocked forts, and visit Maharashtra to where forts just don’t overlook the sea, but actually rise out of it. Once guardians of the Arabian coastline, these sea forts were those vast ...
A mother of two has became the first woman to swim to shore from decommissioned sea forts off the Kent coast. Rebekah Kefford, from Birchington, swam the eight miles (12.8km) from the Red Sands forts ...
It’s like they say: ashes to ashes, dust to dust. While some great monuments have stood the test of time, other places and buildings get left behind in history and fall apart away from the public eye.
A teacher will become only the second woman in the world to attempt a daunting challenge off the Kent coast this summer. Jess Laurent, 34, will need all the courage and stamina she can muster when she ...
The UK is home to many fascinating places, from historic cities like York and Colchester to abandoned train graveyards like the one in Yorkshire. But there is another spot that many people might not ...
A mother of two is aiming to become the first woman to swim to shore from decommissioned sea forts off the Kent coast. Rebekah Kefford, from Birchington, plans to take on the eight mile (12.8km) ...
A new book that comprises an extensive compilation of letters of composer John McCabe CBE has been published. Entitled, 'So Written to After-Times' — John McCabe — A Life in Letters, it is published ...