A 6,000-year-old slab of wood was nearly carved up by the man who found it - until he spotted strange markings along the side of it. Derek Fawcett found the chunk of oak from the bottom of a trench ...

Bluegills, crappies and different subspecies of trout glide around pieces of driftwood, mouths gaping open, their eyes unwavering and scales glistening. No, they aren’t real, nor are they mounted ...

When Derek Fawcett fished out a large chunk of oak from the bottom of a trench while building a workshop on his Berkshire estate, his first thought was that it might be useful for carving. But as he ...

A metre-long piece of carved wood discovered by chance is more than 6,000 years old – making it the oldest carved wood in Britain, experts say. The decorative markings were made by Late Mesolithic ...