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Glastonbury, Somerset: The place where the Holy Grail came to Britain

Glastonbury, Somerset: The place where the Holy Grail came to

The ancient town of Glastonbury is synonymous without spirituality, mysticism and legend — and it’s an unmissable stop-off on our list
It’s un-Australian but we love it

It’s un-Australian but we love it

Every January Australians eagerly await the release of the Australian Lamb summer campaign, a tongue-in-cheek poke at Aussie culture and
Lindisfarne, Northumberland: The Holy Island with a castle, priory and 1,500 years of history

Lindisfarne, Northumberland: The Holy Island with a castle, priory and

Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, has been a place of pilgrimage since the 6th century and remains as popular as ever
A ‘landmark’ Queen Anne house comes up for sale in the heart of a minster town

A ‘landmark’ Queen Anne house comes up for sale in

Cranfield House is a magnificent house for sale that is literally across the road from Southwell Minster. Ian Marriott of
Jason Goodwin: How to drive from Heathrow to London in just seven hours

Jason Goodwin: How to drive from Heathrow to London in

Press on or turn back? Jason Goodwin tells a story of his friend’s navigational disaster and finds more wisdom in
A walk around Constable Country

A walk around Constable Country

Fiona Reynolds takes a stroll through a landscape which leaves her ‘inspired anew’. John Constable’s huge landscapes (the ‘six-footers’) conjure
A charming home in one of Kent’s ‘most sought after villages’ with gardens that prove that size doesn’t always matter

A charming home in one of Kent’s ‘most sought after

In the garden of England, James Fischer discovers the delights of Chillenden Court Barn North. Kent is home to some
My Favourite Painting: Tahir Shah

My Favourite Painting: Tahir Shah

Author and film-maker Tahir Shah chooses a military portrait. Tahir Shah chooses Major Wilfred Thesiger, DSO by Anthony Devas ‘Sir Wilfred
Five breathtakingly pretty country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life

Five breathtakingly pretty country houses for sale, as seen in

Our weekly look at the best houses to come to the market via Country Life includes an effortlessly charming village
In search of a mutant snowdrop

In search of a mutant snowdrop

Charles Quest-Ritson tells the tale of a snowdrop that proved a painfully elusive wintry delight. The Book of Ecclesiastes reminds
Chapel of St Peter on the Wall, Essex: ‘The deepest living root of the church in Britain’

Chapel of St Peter on the Wall, Essex: ‘The deepest

Our 21st century Grand Tour of Britain moves on to an ancient church in Essex: the Chapel of St Peter
Leuchie: The house and garden where the 1960s meet the 1690s

Leuchie: The house and garden where the 1960s meet the

A Modernist home created during the 1960s within the walled garden of a historic house stylishly blends the contemporary and