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bridgerton-inspired escapes

As the third series of Netflix’s Regency-romp Bridgerton graces our screens, make like the Ton and plan a Bridgerton-inspired escape at one...
hauteville house

A visit to Victor Hugo’s Guernsey home of Hauteville House is like a tour through the literary giant’s imagination, writes Antonia Windsor 
channel islands

Channel Islands expert Antonia Windsor takes us on a summer sea adventure around the islands of Guernsey, Sark, Herm, Alderney, and Jersey
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Royals at Home, the brand new royal special from the team behind Discover Brtain Magazine, is out now! The...

From vast estates to manor houses and pretty English garden cottages, here are some of the best hotels in South East England
south east of england

Here are some of the places that should be top of your list of things to do in the beautiful South East...
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The Bell in Ticehurst is a gorgeous 16th-century inn nestled in the beautiful East Sussex countryside. Here's your chance to win a...

Historic Middlethorpe Hall & Spa offers country-house comfort close to the city. Here's your chance to win a stay there

Enter our competition for your chance to win this fabulous prize Ettington Park, the only AA 4 Red Star...
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midsummer celebrations

Adrian Mourby looks at midsummer celebrations in Britain and how the longest days of summer have are rooted in ancient tradition and have been...
churchill and D-Day

Allen Packwood, co-author of a new book, tells the D-Day story, 80 years on from the Allied invasion
hever castle

Jeremy Flint takes camera and pen behind the scenes at Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home, to find out what it’s like...
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Accommodation

Combining tradition and heritage with contemporary luxury on the shores of Windermere, Langdale Chase is the perfect spot for a wonderfully Cumbrian...
Top Withens, Haworth

Explore Britain's best romantic literary escapes, inspired by the poetry, love stories and lives of some of our most-loved literary heroes EMILY BRONTE'S WUTHERING HEIGHTS Explore the rambling, desolate...

Great British Buildings

horsted keynes

Today Horsted Keynes is one of the most serene and peaceful villages in Sussex, but, as Russell Higham discovers, Horsted Keynes was...

Cities & Towns

villages in kent

Annabelle Thorpe discusses the merits of a collection of villages in Kent and Sussex in the High Weald AONB...

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king robert the bruce

Scotland’s King Robert the Bruce did what few imagined possible and freed Scotland from its English overlords, for a while at least,...
things to do in York

Few cities wear their past with as much pride as York, says Sally Coffey. Here is our guide to the best things...
harewood house, chippendale furniture

Jeremy Flint meets the people tasked with caring for the historic pieces, including an incredible selection of Chippendale furniture in the collection...
all creatures great and small filming locations

Tina Walsh takes us on a gentle journey through Herriot Country in Yorkshire, and the All Creatures Great and Small filming locations,...
tudors in love

Love in the Tudor era was not for the faint-hearted, says Nancy Alsop Courtly love in the time of...

Despite the buttoned-up stereotype, Britons are responsible for some of the world’s greatest love affairs in history. Martha Alexander presents her top six, for...

Jeremy Flint visits Holkham Hall, in Norfolk, to meet Jake Fiennes, who is tasked with making the vast estate more sustainable
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