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Travelling through North Wales reveals a landscape where industrial heritage, from the slate quarries of Snowdonia to the coal mines of Wrexham, sits alongside centuries of rural tradition. The area e

Once known for its lacemaking factories, Nottingham has reinvented itself as a centre of role-playing games. Games Workshop – maker of Warhammer 40,000 – is a multibillion-pound behemoth, and it sustains a whole ecosystem.

With King Charles III as a patron, Heritage Crafts (heritagecrafts. org.uk) is a national charity set up to “celebrate, support and safeguard traditional craft skills”. Its latest Red List of Endanger

From George Stubbs’s golden vision of the labourer’s place in society to Ford Madox Brown’s heroically monumental celebration of manual labour, artists gave individual interpretations of work, as Michael Hall reveals

From five-star hotels and award-winning restaurants to art exhibitions and running challenges, Northumberland’s cultural scene is thriving. Whether you’re planning a weekend away or exploring your own backyard, these are the county’s latest openings and experiences

Covering five counties – Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire – and almost 800 square miles, the Cotswolds area is home to some of England’s most picturesque villag