Tucked along the border with Wales, Shropshire is one of those counties that people often forget about, which suits the locals just fine. It is …
Shropshire is where England hides some of its best bits
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Birmingham, the city that built everything and brags about nothing
Birmingham doesn’t always shout about itself. That’s one big reason why I like it so much. While London blares and Manchester struts, Brum gets on …
East Sussex is where England meets the sea with a bit of drama
East Sussex sits along the south coast where England, not normally known for its bold gestures, suddenly decides to get a little more theatrical. Here …
Herefordshire is where England slows right down
Tucked away along the Welsh border, Herefordshire is one of England’s quieter counties. The roads narrow, the fields spread out, and the rivers wind gently …
Jane Austen, a quiet revolutionary of English literature
Few writers have managed to capture the delicate dance of human manners, love, and ambition with the wit and precision of Jane Austen. Living a …
Winchester Cathedral: A thousand years of faith and stone
Few buildings in England carry the weight of history quite like Winchester Cathedral. Rising above the old capital of Anglo-Saxon England, it has stood for …
Hampshire, where England does a bit of everything
Tucked into the south of England, Hampshire feels like a county that has quietly collected a bit of everything. You get handsome cathedrals, rolling countryside, …
Wiltshire, where stones stand tall and history runs deep
Wiltshire is one of those counties that feels like it has been quietly minding its own business for several thousand years. This is a place …
Gloucestershire, where England looks like a landscape painting
If you were asked to draw a picture of classic England, there is a good chance you would accidentally end up sketching Gloucestershire. Rolling hills, …
Top 10 reasons to visit The West Midlands, from Peaky Blinders to Cadbury bars
The West Midlands has always been a place of industry and invention, where things were hammered, smelted, cast and riveted with a kind of cheerful …