Lewis Carroll & Alice in Wonderland

There are many places and features around Oxford that crop up in Lewis Carroll’s books.

The first English aeronaut

James Sadler was a pioneer of flight in Britain.

The University of Oxford

Do you want to pay Oxford’s famous colleges a visit?

A short history of bathing in Bath

Which royal visitors put Bath’s bathing on the map?

The Woodchester Mosaic

A churchyard in Gloucestershire hides a Roman masterpiece.

The best little-known towns in the Cotswolds

Look beyond the obvious next time you visit this Area of Natural Beauty.

Unusual wildlife encounters

Bizarreness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

Haddon Hall Chapel and the three skeletons

Haddon Hall guide Gill Shimwell tells the story of the chapel’s three skeletons.

Circular walk from Grindleford to Hathersage

Helen Moat takes us on a sylvan and tranquil route along the River Derwent.

Tasty bits in Shropshire

Author Marie Kreft made many food and drink discoveries while exploring Shropshire.

Paul Holmyard – the ghost of Moreton Corbet Castle

To this day, the ghost of Paul Holymard is said to still stalk to ruined walls of Moreton Corbet Castle.