Nicola Rayner

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Bluebells at Blakes Wood, Essex, in spring.

There's a magic to bluebell season. Here's our pick of the best places to see bluebells around Britain... For a short time between late April...
Longleat House

At Discover Britain we love a spooky story or two. We speak with the mistress of Inveraray Castle, Argyll, who is blithely unbothered by the spirits she...
Charles Dickens Museum

How better to experience the rich traditions of a Victorian Christmas than in the home of the author of A Christmas Carol? Discover Britain looks...
Darwin, Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury in Shropshire has a little something for everyone, as Tania O’Donnell discovers… You couldn’t do much better, if you wanted to immerse yourself in...

Away from the popular destinations, the capital’s lesser-known Tudor palaces and houses paint a more vivid portrait of this fascinating era, as Nicola Rayner...

All over Britain, country parks and estates are now dressed in their seasonal best, so wrap up warm and get outside to enjoy the...

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein while she was still a teenager. Two centuries on, Nicola Rayner explores the troubled gestation of this landmark British novel When Mary...

We take a look at some of the most beautiful places used for Jane Austen filming locations, many of which are open for you...
Hill Top Farm

Nancy Alsop looks back on how Beatrix Potter's “little books” were shaped by the landscape of the Lake District, which redeemed her life after...
Royal Albert Hall

With more visitors a year than Venice, South Kensington, dubbed "Albertopolis" for its links to Prince Albert, is the home of science, art and...