Yesterday a reader recommended that I take a look at the 2013 BBC2 documentary/reality series Tudor Monastery Farm, episodes of which are available on YouTube. Last night I watched the first episode, ...

Members of religious orders have always had a need to garden, inspired no doubt by one of the Christian faith’s noted cultivators, Saint Fiacre, a green-fingered holy man who became the patron saint ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kenny and Jamila McFarland, who lease the land, pose for a photo at the red barn at the Historic Monastery Farm in Huntsville ...

Why are we all still so fascinated by the Tudors? We take a trip to a 16th century farm to find out Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Tom Pinfold on the set of Tudor Monastery Farm Credit: Photo: BBC/Lion ...

Ruth Goodman and Claire King sort through sheep fleeces in Tudor Monastery Farm Credit: Photo: BBC “Lord let us remember just how much effort goes into putting food on the table.” Peter Ginn’s weary ...

The Tudor Monastery Farm Christmas Special will see Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold explore the festive season, as it would have been celebrated under the reign of King Henry VII. Today we ...

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back over 500 years to run a farm at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum in West Sussex exactly as it would have ...

Following the long-running success of BBC Two’s living history series, Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm, this autumn BBC Two takes up residence in the stunning medieval landscape of Weald and ...