The Buckinghamshire home of Queen Victoria's favourite Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, was used as a top secret base during the Second World War.
Hughenden: Disraeli’s Buckinghamshire estate with a secret history
Anglesey Abbey, gardens and Lode Mill
Boasting a monastery-turned-stately home, 114 acres of gardens and a working mill, this National Trust estate in Cambridgeshire makes for a fab day out.
Norfolk: Castle Rising
With its extraordinarily well-preserved keep that's surrounded by tall earthworks, Castle Rising is home to one of the UK's most memorable and unusual castles.
Norfolk: Holkham Estate
Boasting a grand stately home, acres of parkland, deer, woodland, a walled garden and even a sandy beach – Holkham Hall has it all.
Norfolk: Blickling Estate
This magnificent red-brick Jacobean mansion is a sight to behold. The Norfolk estate in which it lies is said to have been the birthplace of Anne Boleyn.
Exploring the north Norfolk coast
From grand stately homes to picturesque, windswept beaches and quaint, charming villages, the north Norfolk coast is a delightful place for a short break.
Ely Cathedral: An architectural marvel in the Fens
Boasting one of the most spectacular towers in England, this medieval marvel in Cambridgeshire has to be seen to be believed.
London: Discovering the unique charms of Dennis Severs’s House and the Barbican estate
From a Brutalist architectural gem to a theatrical ode to a fictional Huguenot family, these are some of London's more unusual sights.
London walks: Little Venice to Regent’s Park along the Regent’s Canal
A short walk along my favourite stretch of the Regent's Canal, passing picturesque Little Venice, a series of grand Regency-style villas and a few London Zoo enclosures.
Stourhead: A beautiful stately home and gardens in Wiltshire
This magnificent, National-Trust run stately home in Wiltshire boasts one of the prettiest and most idyllic landscape gardens in England.
Nunney Castle
This small, picturesque ruin, some three miles outside Frome, is a delightfully romantic affair.
London: The Cult of Beauty at the Wellcome Collection
This major free exhibition at the Wellcome Collection explores the concepts of beauty through the ages and across cultures in the context of gender, race, age, health and status.
Little Old World 