You might know Watling Street as a shortcut in the heart of the City of London where crumpled-looking office workers dash on their way to somewhere else or linger after work for an expensive pint. But ...

Rather than a travelogue “through Britain” it is what he terms a “rummage through history” during his travels along the ancient route of Watling Street that runs between Dover and Anglesey. The ...

In his new book Watling Street, John Higgs explores one of Britain’s oldest roads – and how it inspired countless stories, from the Canterbury Tales to Great Expectations to Star Wars. Chaucer’s ...

In 1964, following a lifetime’s abuse of vodka and cigarettes, Ian Fleming died of a heart attack after playing a round of golf on the Kent coast. He was 56. According to John Higgs, Fleming’s ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. With its jolly, bunting- and Bard-strewn cover design and guileless blurb (“not just the story of a route across our ...

A stretch of one of the most significant roads in Roman-era Britain has been unearthed underneath the asphalt of the Old Kent Road in southeast London. The ancient road, known as Watling Street, was ...

Not one but two great grounds for Dartford FC, this week Stuart Croll takes a look at the previous home of the Darts, Watling Street For all the praise Princes Park ­ Dartford's award-winning green ...

In his new book Watling Street, John Higgs explores one of Britain’s oldest roads – and how it inspired countless stories, from the Canterbury Tales to Great Expectations to Star Wars. Chaucer’s ...