48 hours in richmond north yorkshire

“ 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

Neighbourhood know-how, people and places

Head to England’s most northerly town for history, beaches and wildlife

When poet and painter William Blake penned the words ‘England’s green and pleasant land’, he was referring to West Sussex, living in the little village of Felpham at the time. Sitting on England’s sou

BACK in the days when a tankful of petrol cost as much as we pay for a coffee today, our sunny Sunday afternoon treat was a drive out. If we weren’t aiming for the beach, our route took us north to th

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