Wonders of winchester

England’s first capital, Winchester, is a well-preserved gem, its narrow lanes and alleys packed with historic treats, from pretty medieval palaces to a world-famous cathedral. Yet it’s far from being

With its high concentration of beautiful listed buildings, Nantwich has a powerful lure for history-loving visitors. Interestingly, for many of these sites, we have a major disaster to thank for their

“ 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

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

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

We’d planned a weekend in Salisbury. However, my husband wasn’t convinced we’d arrive in time for lunch, so we took a scenic detour into the Hampshire town of Stockbridge. This introduced us to a deli