Shrines of beauty

Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern ...

Discover how the UK’s country houses defied the odds to survive as historic monuments and cultural centres

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This year marks the 625th anniversary of The Canterbury Tales author – and “father of English literature” – Geoffrey Chaucer’s death. He penned this classic, about a merry band of medieval pilgrims te

Somehow, it isn’t hard to imagine the scene of battle here, even on a sultry July morning when only the distant growl of a motorbike interrupts the crooning of collared doves. Perhaps it is the quiet.

When gossip and rumour led to the trial of two Prussian pastors