Put some graphite in your pencil

SHEEP might not be the first thing you think of when picking up a pencil, but legend has it we have Cumbrian sheep to thank for these vital bits of stationery. In the sixteenth century, shepherds tend

The former historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland became Cumbria in 1974, at the same time taking bites out of West Riding of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Today the county’s archive service, Cum

With more fantastic yomps on its doorstep than you could do in a lifetime, this Lake District town is one of Britain’s elite walking locations.

The connection between nature and creativity comes in many forms. Here, artists, writers and musicians talk about the different ways in which they take inspiration from the outdoors - and share the places that fuel their imagination

Just over the old railway bridge from my house, down the hill to where the footpath crosses the brook by the church, that’s Pooh Sticks Bridge, where we stop for a game of Pooh Sticks when we go for a

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