A Berkshire riverside village has been named as one of the best places to live in the UK. Cookham made it onto the prestigious Sunday Times' Best Place to Live list. Every year a team of expert Times' ...

Research into an 8th Century Anglo-Saxon monastery is set to continue following National Lottery funding. University of Reading archaeologists have been excavating Cookham Abbey, a monastery ruled by ...

Eighth-century Mercian queen Cynethryth led monastic community at Cookham Abbey, which vanished 1,000 years ago Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering the major issues ...

In Dorset, Sandi and Raksha join a team unearthing the secrets of a 2000-year-old Iron Age cemetery, giving insights into the lives and deaths of the powerful and mysterious Durotriges Tribe. Sandi ...

Caversham, Cookham and Petersfield in 2026 Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide. The abbey has become known as a key site in the beginnings of English Christianity. The partnership runs a private ...