If you’ve ever wandered around Penshurst Place, Kent and wondered what life was really like here…
Category: Historic Buildings
Balconies have now become fibreglass cages – Out with the old, in with the new
As a five-year-old boy I spent many hours sitting in a wooden balcony with my maternal…
Jousting & Falconry on Bank Holiday Weekend – Head to Hever Castle
There are plenty of places in Kent where you can spend a Bank Holiday, but if…
West Sussex in Summer: Why You Don’t Need a Passport for a Great Escape
There comes a point every summer when the passport quietly retreats to the back of the…
Polegate Windmill – Plan a Sunday visit to this historic structure
P Tucked away just off the main road from Eastbourne and before the Polegate junction, is…
Clearing a Period Home in Kent and Sussex: What to Know Before the Skip Arrives
The housing stock of Kent and Sussex is one of its quiet glories. Wealden hall houses,…
Liverpool: A City Where History Meets the Horizon
There are cities that impress with a single landmark, and there are cities that tell their…
Batemans – Just So Kipling
As a writer, I’m drawn to the houses of authors, especially one as revered as Rudyard…
Ferry ‘Cross the Mersey: A Timeless Journey Along Liverpool’s Famous Waterfront
Some experiences become so closely associated with a city that they almost feel compulsory. In Liverpool,…
Hidden Gardens, Homemade Cakes and a Wonderful Cause: St Wilfrid’s Open Gardens Return to Sussex
There are few pleasures quite as quintessentially English as wandering through a beautiful private garden on…