Belfast City Hall is one of those buildings that seems to steady the city around it. Grand without being stuffy, ornate without tipping into absurdity, …
Belfast City Hall, the great stone stage at the centre of Belfast
Royal History
Windsor Castle visitor guide, history, highlights and tips
Perched above the Thames with the sort of quiet confidence that comes from being nearly a thousand years old, Windsor Castle is not just a …
The Isle of Wight, England in soft focus
Just a short ferry ride from the mainland, the Isle of Wight feels like England with the edges softened slightly. The pace slows down, the …
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 …
Edinburgh between a rock and a rather nice Georgian place
Edinburgh is not a city that eases you in. It grabs you by the collar the moment you step off the train, marches you out …
Sussex, Royal roots, ridiculous real estate, and really quite nice villages
There is a tendency, when thinking about South East England, to imagine an endless swirl of Range Rovers, wisteria-clad cottages, and villages where the local …
Scotland, wild hearts, wiser heads and the occasional bagpipe blast
Scotland is not a country that creeps up on you. It arrives with thunderous landscapes, ancient fortresses, and a weather forecast that usually includes at …