It’s hooked, loosely, around her 2014 discovery of the ideas of the polymath and society doctor George Cheyne; ironically, given he was “the most obese man in 18th-century England”, he’s ...

In the middle of the eighteenth century England was not to any noteworthy extent a manufacturing country, the most important industry being agriculture and occupations relating to it. At the epoch ...

An 18th century manor house hotel in Nottinghamshire has been brought to market with a price tag of £4.2m. The establishment's current owners are seeking a sale to allow them to retire.