An open book

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

Chris Morley walks in the gentle author’s footsteps

For those who prefer not to follow the crowd, we reveal some of the best, but relatively undiscovered places to enjoy in the country’s chicest region

In an ordinary county in the English Midlands, one writer found and shared the extra ordinary.

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

Pick up some top tips and immerse yourself in beauty by paying a visit to gardens across the UK this summer. Here are a few suggestions from AG ’s Sue Bradley