I’m sceptical about news stories you sometimes read of big black cats roaming the countryside. I was, however, tempted to don my boots for a hike I found on the internet titled In the Footsteps of the

Christine Faughlin sings the praises of a converted chapel on the 30,000-acre Bolton Abbey estate in the Yorkshire Dales

Even the smallest, quietest places have stories to tell, and they are best told on foot. Like the one in this small, quiet place in the East Midlands, which forged the most honest war writer of them all.

Artist and designer Luke Edward Hall explains why the Cotswolds is an area that holds a special place in his heart

This week’s dream: a little corner of Blighty ...

Austenland – is there such a place? If so, it’s to be found in drawing rooms and parlours, not in sweeping vistas. So it’s appropriate that the Hampshire village of Chawton, Jane Austen’s home for the