Salisbury is one of those cities that can make you wonder whether some committee in the 13th century was simply showing off. It has a …
Salisbury, where England becomes almost unreasonably medieval
Historic Sites
The perfect 7 day Northern Ireland summer staycation
Northern Ireland is compact enough for an easy week away, but rich enough to feel far bigger than it looks on the map. In seven …
Loch Ness and Inverness – the city, the monster and the gateway to the Highlands
Few places in Scotland carry such a potent mix of myth and reality as Loch Ness and its northern neighbour Inverness. Between them they conjure …
Leicestershire is where England’s past pops up in surprising places
Right in the centre of England, Leicestershire offers a fine mixture of countryside, industry, ancient battles and the occasional surprise king turning up in a …
Alfred the Great, the king who saved England
Few figures from the early Middle Ages have loomed quite so large in English history as Alfred the Great. Born in the ninth century, when …
Stirling and the legacies of Wallace and Bruce
Few places in Scotland carry the weight of history as heavily as Stirling. Once the key to controlling the north, it was the stage for …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …