Win Champagne afternoon tea for two at the Royal Albert Hall
Enter our competition for your chance to win a behind-the-scenes tour and Champagne afternoon tea for you and a guest at the Royal Albert Hall in London
One lucky reader and their guest will win...
Win a luxury foodie trip to the Lake District
Win a two-night gourmet stay at a luxury spa hotel in the beautiful Lake District
Enter our competition to win a two-night gourmet stay for two people at The Wordsworth Hotel, a pretty 4-star spa...
Grand stately homes of Buckinghamshire
Words: Susie Kearley
The beautiful county of Buckinghamshire offers country estates and glorious gardens, and has intriguing wartime connections
Bordering Greater London to the southeast, Buckinghamshire’s proximity to the capital made it a prime spot for...
Four of the best Tudor houses
We tour four Tudor houses impeccably preserved by the National Trust and full of fascinating historical detail
An age of ease and prosperity, the Tudor period saw a frenzy of competitive building: lavish, even ostentatious,...
British days out within an hour of London
Escape the hustle and bustle of city life with one of these wonderful days out
Every day, huge numbers of travellers converge on London by train. From all points of the compass, railway lines come...
The power of the portrait: British royal portraits through the ages
For some 500 years, portraiture has been one of the most important insights into a monarch’s role, as a new exhibition of royal portraits reveals
Words: Martha Alexander
As displays of royal power go, jewellery, ships,...
Top 5 places to see Thomas Chippendale furniture
Thomas Chippendale is the most famous craftsman in British furniture-making history. Born in Yorkshire in 1718, Chippendale trained in York before transforming the rooms of countless of our favourite stately homes. To celebrate his...
WIN a stay in a spectacular castle in stunning Pembrokeshire
We’re offering one lucky winner and their guest the chance to win a two-night stay at the spectacular Roch Castle in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The winner and their guest will also be treated to a...
Celebrate National Cream Tea Day
Spread the strawberry jam and dollop that clotted cream on a crumbly scone and serve it up with a perfect cup of tea to celebrate National Cream Tea Day today.
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