The Lake District is one of England's most visited regions - for good reason. Much of this hilly region of north-west England is included in Lake District National Park. This largest of England's ...

In 1347 a Genoese ship from Caffa, on the Black Sea, came ashore at Messina, Sicily. The crew of the ship, what few were left alive, carried with them a deadly cargo, a disease so virulent that it ...