Greenway House: At home with Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple both visited this town on River Dart, in Devon, where the world's best-selling author, Agatha Christie, called home.

A walk through time in the picturesque Marlborough Downs

Industrial heritage sites - the engine houses of the modern world

Queen Victoria's coffin and the sentimental items the monarch was buried with

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England’s most medieval city has a small town feel

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The legend of King Arthur

Many and various tales about the legend of King Arthur have continued to arise throughout history - but what can we take as real and what can we dismiss as lore?

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10 British museums where living history is done well

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Ten of the best British National Trust winter visits

Some of these winter visits are incredible.

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Odd and quirky museums around Britain

Look outside the Victoria & Albert and The British Museum to some of England's quirkier museums and you may be very surprised by what you discover. Here are eight of Britain's most underrated museums.

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Vacation in Britain and see it like a local

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Great British Fare: Sherry Trifle

Enjoy this classic assemblage of fruit and cream for your Christmas Day dessert.

A life remembered: "Chronicle of Narnia" author C.S. Lewis

Born on November 29, 1898, Clive Staples Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day.

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