And while it may have made for some unduly complicated jacket blurb, Watling Street is in fact an attempt to do just that. When Higgs reaches Canterbury he meets the writer and columnist CJ Stone ...

Not one but two great grounds for Dartford FC, this week Stuart Croll takes a look at the previous home of the Darts, Watling Street For all the praise Princes Park ­ Dartford's award-winning ...

In his new book Watling Street, John Higgs explores one of Britain’s oldest roads – and how it inspired countless stories, from the Canterbury Tales to Great Expectations to Star Wars.

The 2,000-year-old road, known as Watling Street, ran from the Roman port at Dover through London to the West Midlands. The 276-mile route was built shortly after the Roman invasion of Britain in ...