The picturesque town of Southwell in Nottinghamshire is a hidden gem brimming with history, charm, and royal intrigue. With ...

We've picked out and ranked the most underrated small town in every English county that you really should visit.

In 1925, Charles Dickens’ home ... treasure trove of rare artifacts. Dickens lived at Doughty Street with his wife and son. He wrote parts of many of his famous novels while living there ...

When the weather turns dreary, my mind tends to take a mental vacation . . . by planning a dream getaway. If you’re the same—or if you’re lucky enough to, you know, be planning an actual vacation—you ...

Held in RK Narayan’s sleepy small town of Malgudi, the festival will feature some of the greatest writers ever – from William ...

From the Brontë sisters to Kurt Vonnegut to Zora Neale Hurston, these are the best classic books to add to your TBR this year ...

Most clutched volumes of poetry. We were about ... fees for their lodgings. The most famous inmate was John Dickens, whose son you might have heard of. Charles Dickens visited his father here ...

"But I still didn't know he was famous until the final ... I'd like to re-read all of Charles Dickens' and he did, and 'I would like to reread all of Evelyn Waugh', and he did, and the broad range of ...

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, after being approached by John Forster and the poet's son, readily agreed and the funeral was strictly private, following Dickens' own instructions. The ...

A new exhibition celebrates 100 years of the Charles Dickens Museum. Behold! Dickens with a moustache! What do we reckon? "A hideous disfigurement," was the verdict of the author's friend and ...