Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, has been a place of pilgrimage since the 6th century and remains as popular as ever with visitors of all kinds. Clive Aslet takes a look at its history, and tells the tale of how Country Life’s founder bought and transformed this ancient spot.
The lamp of civilisation (languages, books, artistic tradition) was kept alive in monasteries such as Lindisfarne — Holy Island — in the dark centuries after the Romans had left Britain. The…
