Tragic Pauline the pop icon: painter and actress lived fast, died young, and her artistic legacy was rediscovered in a Kent barn

The inventor whose name lives on in a simple hut: the semi-circular corrugated iron design provided cheap and speedy shelter for the military. Many are still standing …

Coarse, brown and beautiful: from the early 17th century, Wrotham was home to the production of tygs, mugs and cups, simple but extraordinary pottery

Thief, fraudster, double agent, MP, Buddhist monk ... and country curate: Ignácz Trebitsch played each role – including a stint near the Romney Marsh – with total conviction … until he was found out

Up on the Downs: a chalk memorial at Lenham to the dead of the Great War 

Sorry, Heinz, that’s the wrong variety of airfield: unhappy landing for Luftwaffe pilot

A fruitful time for spivs: Britons were urged to keep calm and dig for victory, yet when it came to rationing, a few thought they could beat the system. The courts were harsh

Bohemian influencer of the Swinging Sixties: the stylish Christopher Gibbs of Davington Priory celebrated in book

Howling mob besieged the shop of man who dared to question war: Britain’s conflict in the Transvaal was not universally supported at home. One man who dared to oppose it in 1900 was attacked by violent ‘patriots’