Wandering the waterways of Venice
There is quite simply nowhere like it.
Rice pudding slow cooker recipe
A fantastically simple and delicious winter dessert recipe for your slow cooker.
The magnificent Ripon Cathedral
A look around the splendid Ripon Cathedral, including its unexpected links to Alice in Wonderland.
30 things to do before I’m 30
My New Year challenge: complete the 30 things on this list before I turn 30.
Haworth and the Brontë Parsonage
Photos from our visit to Haworth, the beautiful Yorkshire home of the world-famous Brontë sisters.
Christmas biscuits recipe
Have fun with some pre-Christmas baking using this great recipe from Marks and Spencer.
Shakespeare’s Birthplace Lightshow 2014
Celebrating Christmas in Stratford-upon-Avon with the imaginative Birthplace Lightshow.
Christmas at Baddesley Clinton
National Trust house Baddesley Clinton must have been a wonderful place to spend Christmas.
WIN! Christmas cheese from the Snowdonia Cheese Company
Enter my Christmas competition for a chance to win three tasty truckles of boozy Christmas cheese!
A winter’s day in Bibury, Cotswolds
William Morris declared Bibury the most beautiful village in England. I agree with him.
Mulled wine and other treats at Birmingham Christmas Market
Window shopping and mulled wine drinking at the Birmingham Christmas Market.