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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

“ I met Charles Dickens today, except he had clearly been so busy working on The Mystery of Edwin Drood that he had fallen asleep, so I didn’t get to speak to him!” I laughingly proclaimed to Ro when

Although it regularly ranks among the best places to live in the UK, the pretty market town of Stamford, in Lincolnshire, is also a great place to visit. Thanks to its idyllic scenery and charming Geo

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River, meadow and wood converge around an old mill in Hampshire, where changing vistas create a bond between garden and landscape

The village shop that sold pick ‘n’ mix sweets. A cowpat-strewn country lane with occasional glimpses of Glastonbury Tor. Leaping the wooden stile into Butterfly Wood. It’s over 30 years since I last