barnard castle

We’re off to see the wizard

29 July 2023 9:00 am

At the Paris International Exhibition of 1867, Mark Twain was mesmerised by a life-sized silver swan with ‘a living grace…

Barometer

30 May 2020 9:00 am

Site test What’s on offer in the town of Barnard Castle? — Ruined 12th-century castle perched high above the Tees,…

The Spectator’s notes

30 May 2020 9:00 am

At Dominic Cummings’s press conference on Monday, reporters tried two lines of attack. One was to behave like local detectives,…