A few months back I managed to get to the temporary “Magic of Middle-Earth” Exhibition at the Novium Museum in Chichester, two days before it closed. But I’m glad I did slide in near the end as it was a… Continue Reading →
London is the last resting place of many famous writers, including William Blake and Daniel Defoe. You’ll find them in the ancient burial ground at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground in Islington. London has many old burial grounds. The ever-expanding city… Continue Reading →
Moorgate is a London Underground station used by thousands of people every day – but not all of it is on view. I’m fascinated by abandoned and underground spaces so a tour of the abandoned Old Moorgate underground station was… Continue Reading →
The first thing I said on approaching Penrhyn Castle was ‘It looks like something from Game of Thrones.’ It hasn’t actually been used in any filming, but walking through it makes you feel a bit like you’re in a movie…. Continue Reading →
I love an old building with proper history – something grittier than a fine country house (they have their place, but “working” buildings have more interesting stories). Beaumaris Gaol on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales didn’t function as… Continue Reading →
You can find T.E. Lawrence’s grave in the small village of Moreton in Dorset, not too far from Clouds Hill, the country retreat he was living in when he died. His death was tragic. An avid fan of motorcycles, T.E…. Continue Reading →
Hay-On-Wye is probably the best place for Bookworms in the UK. It’s located just over the Wales/England border and is self-described as the world’s first book town. There are over 20 bookshops to visit – which is a lot for… Continue Reading →
Thomas Hardy was a world-renowned writer with deep connections to Dorset, although his books were set in the fictional county of Wessex, inhabited by the rural country folk he’d grown up with. And while his ashes may lie in Westminster… Continue Reading →
Kenneth Grahame’s grave sits in a quiet cemetery, hidden away in the heart of Oxford. The headstone, shows that the author of a beloved children’s classic, experienced a profound tragedy. Kenneth Grahame is best known for writing “The Wind in… Continue Reading →
“Suddenly a hot gleam of sunlight fell upon the white cottages, with their grey steaming roofs and little scraps of garden courtyard, and lighting up the wings of the gorgeous butterflies which fluttered from the woodland down to the garden.”… Continue Reading →
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