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....
Gunpowder, treason and plot: The (almost) explosive story of Guy Fawkes
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, so the poem goes, but what was the true story behind the Gunpowder Plot – and was its protagonist Guy Fawkes really a freedom fighter or a fool?
A clerk...
Summer reading: British book settings
We visit the places that inspired iconic summer scenes in the works of some of our favourite authors.
It is the brightest day you ever saw. The sun is sparkling on the water… The tide...
Where JMW Turner lived in Britain
Great English painter, JMW Turner, hailed by the critic, John Ruskin, as ‘the father of modern art’, undertook annual summer tours of Britain, but where did he live and love?
As the Turner Prize, an...
House Rules
Combining a thousand years of history, the drama of modern-day politics and majestic architecture, a visit to the seat of British government is quite an experience
If the walls of Westminster Hall, the oldest part...
The history of Wimbledon Tennis
We look back at the history of the tennis championships, which bring Wimbledon to a standstill every year.
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...
75th anniversary of D-Day Landings: special stamps from Royal Mail released
A set of 11 Special Stamps will be issued today, 6 June, to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious assault in history
Royal Mail today revealed the 11 Special Stamps being issued...
Remembering D-Day
June 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the most significant victory of the Allies in the Second World War
On 6 June 1944, almost 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of...
Capability Brown: Designing England’s Gardens
CAPABILITY BROWN was the first celebrity garden designer who left an extensive legacy as he swathed his way through more than 150 gardens of the aristocracy in the mid-18th century.
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