The Regency era produced some spectacular eccentrics who managed to gamble and drink their way through vast fortunes. However, none were as potty or as tragic as John ‘Mad Jack’…
Johnny Scott
John “Johnny” Scott is a natural historian, broadcaster, columnist, countryside campaigner and farmer.
Eostre and Easter. What are the origins of this Spring festival?
Images of delighted children scampering around searching for brightly-coloured eggs and symbolic rabbits hopping with baskets seem to be the modern view of Easter. However they actually originate before the birth…