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He’s the best of the bunch, the cream of the crop, the god of the sun? Everyone give it up for Apollo!

A blast from the past, reporter on the ground Lilia Black explores a Neo-Norman marvel. Penrhyn Castle in North Wales.

Finishing what the Greeks started. When it comes to destroying ancient cities, Heinrich Schliemann is your man.

Abroad for the first time, Reporter on the Ground Livia Black wades through the collections at Erddig, Wrexham, Wales.

Confusing and off-putting, and that’s just the writer. Reporter on the ground Lucretia Black wrestles with Dunham Massey.

Reporter on the ground Olivia Black takes on over 600 years of history in just 18 rooms at Staircase House, Cheshire.

Reporter on the ground Ludía Black investigates the mysterious disapperance of the vast majority of Houghton House, Bedfordshire.

War, death, bloodshed! And that’s before the Romans even left. The Dark Ages illumiated.

The lives and rapidly approaching deaths of a famous literary family, condensed for your convenience.