Yorkshire in autumn is a place transformed. The dales, which in summer shimmer with buttercups and dry-stone walls, suddenly dress themselves in copper and gold, …
Six of The Best Autumn Walks in Yorkshire
The Cotswolds Leafy Lanes Road Trip
If England ever had a stage set for charm it would be the Cotswolds. Honey-coloured cottages with roses climbing their walls, villages with names that …
Nottinghamshire is where England gets a bit legendary
Nottinghamshire is one of those counties where history and myth have become thoroughly tangled. This is Robin Hood country, where men in green tights still …
Bath and the art of soaking in history
There are towns where you feel the centuries in the cobblestones, and then there is Bath, where history practically runs a hot tap and invites …
Suffolk, where the fields roll on and the sea never hurries
Tucked into the east, where the North Sea gently brushes the coastline and the skies seem unusually generous, you find Suffolk. It is not a …
Kenwood House: art, architecture and Hampstead Heath views
Perched at the edge of Hampstead Heath, with sweeping views that have tempted generations of painters, poets and daydreamers, Kenwood House is one of London’s …
Lincoln, a cathedral, a castle and a rather persistent imp
There are some places where history whispers. In Lincoln, it bellows from every cobbled street, turreted wall and medieval nook. Perched on a steep hill …
Cheshire, Romans, royals and rather good cheese
Tucked in the northwest, somewhere between the peaks of Derbyshire and the plains of Merseyside, you find Cheshire. It is a county of country houses, …
How to look clever in 48 hours, spend a weekend in Cambridge
There are cities that whisper their history politely and there are cities like Cambridge that hurl it at you with a sense of giddy academic …
County Durham is where England mixes grandeur with grit
County Durham sits quietly in England’s northeast, somewhere close to the wilds of Northumberland and the bustle of Tyne and Wear. It is a county …