Castles, railway stations and Victorian dinosaurs are among the beneficiaries as the National Lottery Heritage Fund announces its latest plans.
Annunciata Elwes reports on the new National Hedgehog Conservation Strategy that's been created by two key conservation organisations.
For the first time, the UK is home to more than 1,000 vineyards — and counting.
Swapping clothing and haberdashery for king-size beds and cocktails, the transformation of Boswells into The Store Hotel is cleverly done, finds Annunciata Elwes.
The East End of London has changed rapidly in recent years, but photographer Paul Trevor chronicled it from the 1970s to the 1990s. His images have been collected in a new book, Market Day.
The stations opened in 1999 deserve to be recognised and protected from future development, according to campaigners.
Ever wanted to own more than 1,200 antique loos, washbasins, baths, taps and bathroomalia? Well, now is your chance, as the Thomas Crapper Museum is up for sale.
Dozens of blue plaques have gone missing down the years, and English Heritage is determined to try and find them.
Those wishing to enjoy what might be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see flowers such as the lady’s slipper orchid should probably start planning now.
Final words can be poignant, tragic, ironic, loving and, sometimes, hilarious. Annunciata Elwes examines this most bizarre form of public speaking.
National Racehorse Week returns for the fourth consecutive year next month, in a bid ‘to show the public what life as a racehorse is really like’.
This year's theme is 'Magnificent Oaks', and the competition aims to spread awareness that trees have little legal protection, according to organisers the Woodland Trust.
If you think you and your siblings don't get on, just wait until you see what Charles Dickens's children said about each other.
The ship was captained by John Wordsworth, brother of the romantic poet William, and sunk off the notorious Shambles bank in Dorset.
The world’s biggest crème brûlée, Edwardian luxury, books, books and more books — Annunciata Elwes explores the University Arms, Cambridge.
A new report from Historic England suggests that, despite high demand for the work, the profession is struggling.
The ultimate enthusiast's timepiece?
Recent research has discovered that one moor in Yorkshire stores as much carbon as one million cars would release in a year, highlighting why we need to restore them.
Now is the time to buy a house by the water, according to research conducted exclusively for Country Life by Jackson-Stops. Annunciata Elwes finds out why.
Bayliss Books are selling the biggest collection of Tolkien first editions and personal letters to come up for sale in twenty years. Annunciata Elwes takes a look.
