The worst excesses of the Industrial Revolution prompted some truly forward-thinking urban planning as far back as the 19th ...

Non Morris visits the much-loved gardens of High Moss, in Portinscale, Cumbria — home of Peter and Christine Hughes — and ...

Originally in use at the same time the Stonehenge boulders were raised, the mines at Grime's Graves are the oldest manmade ...

Anna Prendergast pays a visit to Glebe House in Devon — and already can't wait to go back. Inspired by Charleston in East ...

A recently acquired memoir by Jane Austen's brother might reveal more about the famous author, but there's a problem — his ...

Stretching for 1,600 miles between Donegal and west Cork, the longest defined coastal touring route in the world has been a resounding success. Nigel Tisdall took a test drive to mark a decade since ...

With experts warning that regional accents could disappear within decades, our sometimes quaint and, often, bizarre dialect ...

The Great British summer (and May half-term) is looming large and trying to find the perfect place to holiday in is no easy ...

John Goodall examines the outstanding school buildings of Lancing College, an institution celebrating its 175th anniversary.

As the National Gallery turns 200, the chair of its board of trustees, John Booth, chooses his favourite painting. The ...

Driven to distraction by paint charts? A colour consultant could be the answer for anyone befuddled by choosing the right hue ...

With the initiative to rescue sheep and the daring to question its master, the rough collie not only lives up to its heroic ...