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 …
County Durham is where England mixes grandeur with grit
Heritage
Glasgow from shipbuilding grit to cultural grit
Glasgow doesn’t always get the press it deserves. Edinburgh has the skyline and the castle and the festival that turns the city into a human …
Lincolnshire: Big Skies, Bigger Surprises
If you head out into the east of England and keep going, eventually the hills run out, the roads get long and straight, and you …
Warwick Castle, A Thousand Years of Power and Pageantry
Warwick Castle is one of the finest and most complete medieval castles in England. Set on a bend in the River Avon, this towering fortress …
Why Hull deserves a second look
Hull is the sort of place that gets described with a smirk or a shrug. People think they know it, or think they don’t want …
William Wilberforce, The Relentless Reformer
William Wilberforce was the unlikely powerhouse behind one of Britain’s greatest moral victories – the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. A politician, philanthropist and …
Manchester has always liked to do things its own way
The first time you arrive in Manchester, it can feel a bit like standing at a party where everyone else is already halfway through a …
Stratford-upon-Avon beyond the Shakespeare connection
Why there’s more to love here than just the Bard Stratford-upon-Avon is, of course, famously the birthplace of one William Shakespeare. And while that fact …
Castles, coastlines and countryside adventures
The North East is one of those parts of Britain that doesn’t always get the spotlight it deserves. It’s rarely the first name on a …
Secret corners, soaring towers and a castle you can sleep in. Durham’s simple magic
If you were to ask a roomful of Britons to name a city break destination, Durham probably wouldn’t make the top ten. It wouldn’t even …