Heritage & Culture

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The Aragon Connection

Katherine of Aragon

The Katharine of Aragon Festival takes place every January. But how did a Spanish princess and wife of the...

Nymph of the pavé

Nymphs of the Pavé

Victorian Peterborough was an exciting place to live as industry arrived and the population mushroomed, but not everyone was...

The Bourne Identity

The BRM V16 remains one of the most epic Formula One cars ever conceived in Britain, even if it was ultimately flawed

The small Lincolnshire town of Bourne may be a quiet place these days, but once upon a time, it...

Cromwell’s Huntingdon

Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon on 25 April 1599 – 425 years ago this year. He lived in...

Peterborough’s very own Deep-Sea Monster

Deep-sea monster

If Peterborough Cathedral’s Monsters of the Sea exhibition has ‘wet’ your appetite for more giant prehistoric creatures, then head...

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