Beyond the main attraction of Stonehenge, Wiltshire has equally impressive ancient sites, giant chalk horses and cosy pubs in ...

For rural populations residing in thatched huts and makeshift houses, the challenges of everyday living are overwhelming.

Note: Gassho is the act of joining a pair of hands in prayer.

The historic village of Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, was lit up on January 13.The UNESCO World ...

Address: 2 Beechcrest Ln., East Walnut Hills. Price; $1,450,000. W ith an exterior dreamy enough to grace the pages of a storyboo ...

"It was extended further by James Tait & Co between 1913 and 1919." "It is among a relatively small number of buildings with a surviving thatched roof found across Scotland." "A Survey of Thatched ...

The landlords of one Surrey pub got the surprise of a lifetime when they were named the best in the county. The Crown in Horsell, has been praised its traditional heart and pair of Petanque pistes in ...

The traditional boozer is not only a hit with locals but was crowned in a list of the best pub in each English county by ... in 1877 after a fire in the thatched roof destroyed the original ...

When 108 lights were turned on at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 13, 32 houses with steeply pitched thatched roofs, including the national important cultural property Wada House, appeared between the contrast ...

"I quite often find thatching tools in the roof, which a previous thatcher might have forgotten about and thatched over. "We usually find newspapers shoved in there so the next guy can pre-date ...

Venture capital investors such as Index Ventures and Oak HC/FT are betting on startups including Thatch and Remodel Health that promise to usher in a new era of employer-sponsored health benefits ...