While scrambling up steep, rocky Metacomet Trail on Meriden’s East Peak one sunny day last week, Phil Plouffe and I glanced ...

The warm and dry streak will countinue for at least one more day. Skies will be sunny on Wednesday, with temperatures in the 70s. Milder conditions move in on Thursday, Friday and over the weekend ...

Splendidly decorated and furnished, the palace of James V recalls the years when the castle was the childhood home of Mary Queen of Scots. Costumed interpreters set the 1500s scene and talk about the ...

He spent much time and money making the castle fit for a European monarch – partly to impress his queen, Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England. James V continued this legacy, as he was just ...

‘Happiness is the ultimate goal because it is self-evidently good. If we are asked why happiness matters we can give no further external reason. It just obviously does matter.’ Richard Layard, an ...