One of a new breed of B&Bs, Severnside Press in the Forest of Dean is at the forefront of a quiet revival of this quintessentially British concept. Rhiannon Batten checks into a guesthouse that’s reinventing the mini-break

With its cosy boltholes, quaint villages and breathtaking sunsets, Suffolk is nothing short of magical. Sharing a border with Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and the North Sea, and spanning a 50-mile s

IT’S NO GREAT surprise that this beautiful medieval city in the heart of Hampshire frequently crops up on lists of the best places to live in the UK. Its combination of historic landmarks and associat

It’s always risky trying somewhere new, when you really like the place that you’ve been going to at February half-term for the past three years. Add to this our annual craving to see the sea after a l

“You can’t live here. There are no shops,” my friend Jen stated. We were sitting in the van belonging to the pub I lived in, the Golden Cross, Slough, waiting for my parents who had an interview for t

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them