Bloomsbury

COUNTRY LIFE staff pick where in London they most enjoy getting lost in the written word

Built on the wealth of the wool industry, picture-perfect Lavenham in Suffolk is lined with colourful timbered buildings and has a close-knit community at its heart

You can’t really keep up with what happens in Bath. Almost daily, there seems to be a new unveiling, opening, or event. It’s probably not far off what it must have been like in this West Country city

Boasting a rich artistic heritage and renowned for producing an illustrious roster of music, fashion and literary titans, Jamaica is the travel destination of choice for those in search of culture, writes Lena de Casparis

Across London, historical landmarks are being transformed into hotels that shine a spotlight on the city’s heritage

Not a gentleman’s garden or a gardener’s garden, it was always an artist’s garden,’ recalled the writer Angelica Garnett when she reflected on the garden that her parents created at Charleston Farmhou