Bloomsbury

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

So often, self-catering accommodation for big groups can feel impersonal, verging on corporate and even, whisper it, unstylish. Bloomfield House in the Bear Flat area of Bath is anything but. Dating f

The eccentric, colourful charm of the Bloomsbury Group’s country home continues to inspire the work of designers and craftspeople today. We uncover its irrepressible appeal

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

The author Juliet Nicolson , a granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West, finds the creative spirit of 1920s London alive in the genteel setting of the Bloomsbury hotel