The world’s jewels

10 great sites for brilliant birdwatching

There’s nothing like a good walk to blow the cobwebs away. Lisa Kjellsson experiences the power of pilgrimage in majestic Yorkshire surroundings

Fantasy author JRR Tolkien’s mythological Middle Earth takes inspiration from a number of places in Gloucestershire and the West Midlands. Tolkien frequently visited the Forest of Dean and its tempera

Victorian architecture, film history and curry are all on the menu in this West Yorkshire city

Roger Morgan-Grenville celebrates the shapeshifting glories of Britain’s sea paths, evanescent byways revealed by the tides

Past and present entwine at the Black Country Living Museum, where history is close enough to touch and stories of the past unfold