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Theatre: Twelfth Night or What You Will ...

England’s largest festival of history and culture, offering thousands of free events and activities across the country returns this month. Taking place from 12-21 September, Heritage Open Days is brou

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

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

There are many reasons to visit the magnificent 17th century West Sussex mansion Petworth House, supreme among them is its extraordinary collection of art. Petworth’s palatial state rooms offer a vast

Glamis Castle, Angus, part 2 The seat of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne