Britain’s response to the Irish Great Famine

Eleven friends of COUNTRY LIFE pen a love letter to their small, yet oh so distinctive patches of the British Isles, from the big skies of the north Norfolk coast to the street art of Belfast, from the glens of Perthshire to the Exe estuary in Devon via the apple orchards of Herefordshire

Gin, witches, regicide, boats, nudists, an Egyptian curse, Spitfires, the invention of windsurfing and more writers and vineyards than you can shake a fishing rod at: this beloved English county has it all. Here are 13 stories you may never have heard about Hampshire

The verdant valleys and meandering rivers of Ireland capture the essence of this land of myth and magic… where fascinating ancient history meets foodie bliss with a modern twist

THE WAY WE WERE

The civil registration of marriage in Ireland commenced in April 1845 for couples marrying through Protestant denominations, or on a nondenominational basis through civil marriages performed by state-