Six of the best gothic locations

Kings, cobbles, secrets, superstition and literary fire power–Winchester has had it all in spades for centuries and is as desirable now as it ever was, says Jason Goodwin

On the 250th anniversary of the birth of Georgian’s England’s finest novelist, Indi Bains traces the destinations where you can immerse yourself in all things Jane Austen

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

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

Chris Morley walks in the gentle author’s footsteps

The Tower at Vita’s home, Sissinghurst Castle ...