Discover Britain

Celebrating the best of our nation, every issue of Discover Britain is packed with features from history to travel. Read about the events that changed history, as well as British traditions and their origins, or be inspired for your next trip with great ideas for where to go and what to see. Whether you’re planning a weekend city break or an escape to the countryside, Discover Britain is your essential guide to getting the most out of your stay.

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Discover Britain

Brit Edit • Your curated guide to Britain

Over to you... • A cherished cathedral and a Tudor fact-check: your letters this issue

DISCOVER CUMBRIA

The LOVELIEST SPOTS • Tina Walsh takes an idyllic tour through the land of lakes and fens that so enamoured William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter

House of CARDS • Sally Coffey reveals some of the secrets of Cumbria’s largest Elizabethan house, from a gamble gone wrong to links to one of Britain’s most celebrated heroes

Rooms with views • Henrietta Easton advises you extend your visit to the Lake District with a stay in one of these lovely hotels with impressive vistas

In a WORD • Jean Scott-Smith of the Lakeland Dialect Society gives us a lesson on local language

Days out in the LAKES • Henrietta Easton rounds up some of the best things to see and do in the Lake District on your next holiday

KING of the Isle • Emma Longstaff on a quirky 170-year-old tradition on the Cumbrian Isle of Piel

Scene of the crime writer • As a new statue is unveiled, Lottie Gross takes us on a tour of the little-known Cotswolds town where Agatha Christie spent most of her life

Dramatic Setting • Kate Youde steps inside the real-life Bridgerton home, which has seen its own fair share of Georgian and Regency scandal

Cotswolds Diary • Preparations for Christmas on a Cotswolds farm is a time for rituals, as Caroline Mills explains

Palladian pioneer • Diana Wright looks back at the life of Inigo Jones, the architect born 450 years ago, who changed the architectural landscape of Britain forever

Wheels of Industry • Jeremy Flint meets the people continuing the vital trade of wheelwrighting into the modern age

A Merry Berry Christmas • Mistletoe hung above the door is often seen as an invitation for a Christmas kiss, but the plant has a long history, as Lara Dunn discovers

London SPOTLIGHT • This issue our Londonphile Russell Higham sets out on a Christmas shopping expedition around the streets of the capital

CROSSWORD & QUIZ