Owning a holiday let is a brilliant and profitable way of earning extra income. With demand for staycations on the rise, UK holiday homes continue to be the ideal investment...

2017 marks the 170th anniversary of the publication of three novels by three obscure sisters from a little town beneath a windswept moor in Yorkshire… Three novels and three sisters that would go on to change the face of literature forever...

Chester's newest gallery is the very picture of success. Local founder of The Contemporary, Jonathan Shingfield, originally planned to open six pop up galleries in different cities, including Chester - but this all changed when...

Holiday letting as a means of farm diversification is an excellent way for farmers to generate new sources of income and create a host of attractive extra benefits...

With all manner of vast, ruggedly beautiful landscapes dotted with settlements that stretch far back into the ancient past, it’s no wonder Yorkshire has spawned some wonderfully curious folktales. We’ve brought you six of our favourite, lesser-known Yorkshire legends to spook, delight and inspire you...

Almost every rock, lake, hill and tree in Wales has some fantastical folklore associated with it, so it’s really no wonder myths and legends have been an integral part of the fabric of Welsh culture stretching way back into the mists of time...

From ancient woodlands and marshy waterways to lordly family dynasties and medieval peat-mining  – geography and history go hand in hand in Norfolk, and, as a result, it’s a county that’s full to bursting with intriguing architectural treasures...

The wilderness of colonial New-England, 1630.  Upon the threat of banishment for his extremist religious views, a Puritan farmer leaves a plantation town with his wife and five children and founds a farmhouse at the edge of a forbidding wood....

What better way to spend a warm, sunny day in Dorset than with a scrumptious picnic in a picture-perfect setting? This beautiful county has an almost never-ending list of stunning locations for an alfresco feast to remember...

There’s so much to see and do on days out in the Norfolk Broads. We’ve chosen some of our favourites to suit every taste. Whatever kind of Norfolk day out you’re looking for, read on to find one that’s up your street...

It’s so meaningful to know that someone cares enough to put pen to paper, go out, buy a stamp, and track down a post box. A letter is such a delicate thing, but is so reassuringly real; it’s a physically tangible reminder of how important you are to somebody...

Today would mark the 135th birthday of one of the most talented and influential writers of the 20th century, Virginia Woolf. Her Modernist works, so famous for their stream of consciousness style, delve unflinchingly into the mingled beauty and tragedy of life and remain as relevant today as when they were first published...

From lordly strongholds filled with resident phantoms to dramatic fortresses keeping watch over the waves, Devon has a spectacular array of castles  We’ve chosen the top 5 favourite fortresses you simply must visit. So, what are you waiting for?

Hardy’s Wessex is seen by many as a vivid embodiment of that age-old pastoral world that was already fading away by the early 20th century. His intimate understanding of the people and customs of old, rural Dorset is perhaps one of the reasons he was to become so popular an author...