Jane Austen’s Hampshire
Jane Austen's timeless charm lives on even in 2023, with fans all over the globe. We visited the novelist’s home village and discovered her much-loved local haunts
By Monica Woods
A lofty lime tree marks the spot...
British book settings you can visit
We visit British book settings that inspired iconic scenes in the works of some of our favourite authors
Come with us as we visit some famous British book settings that have inspired iconic scenes in...
Visit No. 1 Royal Crescent, Bath
Visit the only dressed Georgian house, No. 1 Royal Crescent, in the historic city of Bath
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No. 1 Royal Crescent is a magnificently restored townhouse museum where you can explore fashionable life in 18th-century...
Walk in the footsteps of Charlotte Brontë
To mark the bicentenary of birth of Charlotte Brontë, we bring you some of the cosy Yorkshire places she would have known and where you can now stay.
How to celebrate Christmas like Charles Dickens
Don’t be a Scrooge! Celebrate the spirit and former haunts of Charles Dickens, the Victorian author who shaped our vision of the modern festive season
On the evening of October 5 1843, Charles Dickens took his...
Hidden British libraries
We take a tour of some of the most historic and beautiful British libraries to find reading rooms worthy of our literary greats
Oxford
Oxford’s university libraries are among the oldest and most celebrated in the world....
Love Sherlock Holmes? These are the best places to visit
Our pick of the best Sherlock Holmes attractions. Magnifying glass and deerstalker at the ready
Freemasons’ Hall, London. Built between 1927-1932 as a memorial to the Freemasons who died in the First World War, it is one of the finest...
Explore Shakespeare’s Britain
To mark 400 years since his death, Chris Fautley explores Shakespeare’s Britain – the places mentioned in his plays – and separates fact from fiction.
How Edinburgh inspired great literature
Scotland's capital was the world's first UNESCO City of Literature. Read about the locations that inspired Britain's literary greats
Words: Lee Karen Stow
Arriving by train into Waverley Station, the end of a journey from the...
On the trail of William Wordsworth
Following in the footsteps of William Wordsworth, Lawrence Alexander explores the poet’s beloved Grasmere and other Lake District haunts
On the evening of 15 April 1802, Dorothy Wordsworth, sister of the poet William, wrote her journal as...
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