England
PICASSO & BRITAIN AT TATE BRITAIN (DAY)
Picasso & Britain will break new ground by scrutinising Pablo Picasso’s lifelong... more
HATFIELD HOUSE (DAY)
By kind permission of the seventh Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury, ACE has been... more
ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL
The English Music Festival is dedicated to music by British composers from Purcell... more
JOHN PIPER
The artist John Piper (1903-1992) was an extraordinarily multi-talented figure, with... more
ART & ARCHITECTURE OF CAMBRIDGE
With its colleges and churches stretching back over 1,000 years, Cambridge offers... more
DERBYSHIRE HALLS & HOUSES
Derbyshire revels in an edifying assembly of historic country houses: Haddon Hall,... more
BUXTON FESTIVAL
Every summer the Derbyshire spa-town of Buxton, surrounded by the glorious hills... more
SECRET WAR
It was in late August 1938 that Captain Ridley and his shooting party first strode... more
SECRET WAR
It was in late August 1938 that Captain Ridley and his shooting party first strode... more
DEFENCE OF THE REALM
The English Channel and the south-east coast of England have always been pivotal... more
HEREFORD & THE WELSH MARCHES
Rural and sparsely populated, the mountains, moorlands and river valleys of the Welsh... more
ISLES OF SCILLY
More peaceful and sedate than mainland Britain, Scilly embraces five inhabited islands... more
HADRIAN’S WALL
This long-weekend tour is devoted to Britain’s most majestic Roman monument: Hadrian’s... more
EAST ANGLIA: ROMANS & SAXONS
Once an important Iron Age centre, Colchester rose to become Britain’s first Roman... more
HENRY VIII & HIS COURTIERS
Colourful, corpulent and many-wived, Henry VIII was a scholarly, forward-looking... more
ENGLISH BAROQUE
There are few regions more fruitful than the Midlands in which to appreciate the entire... more
ROMAN RICHES OF THE COTSWOLDS
The foci of our sojourn in the Cotswolds will be Cirencester, Roman Britain’s second... more
THE WORLD OF ST CUTHBERT & ST BEDE
The old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria once stretched from the Humber to the Forth.... more
YORKSHIRE MINSTERS & MONASTERIES
No region of England shelters a greater abundance of minster churches and monastic... more
HALLS & HOUSES OF LANCASHIRE & CHESHIRE
The forests and plains of Lancashire and Cheshire, for so long the hunting ground... more
ANCIENT WESSEX
Erected between 3000 and 1600 BC, Stonehenge is the most eloquent testimony to the once... more
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
Britain’s most daring engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), is thought... more
HEREFORD THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL
For nearly 300 years the cathedral cities of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester have... more
COUNTRY HOUSES OF NORTH YORKSHIRE
Country Houses of North Yorkshire commences with a privileged viewing of the Lord... more
TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Two Hundred Years of Charles Dickens will celebrate the writer’s life and work... more
WREN’s CITY CHURCHES (DAY)
The fifty-one City churches rebuilt after the Great Fire of London of 1666 have long... more
GRAND HOUSES OF NORFOLK
Grand Houses of Norfolk takes its cue from a clutch of privileged visits to some... more
CUMBRIA & CLIFFORD COUNTRY
Lady Anne Clifford (1590-1676) ranks as one of 17th century England’s most formidable,... more
MANCHESTER’S TREASURES
Manchester, like its northern rival Liverpool, astonishes the first-time visitor... more
ROBERT ADAM
When Robert Adam returned to England in 1758 from his extended Grand Tour, he set out to revolutionise... more
BRUNEL IN LONDON (DAY)
Britain’s most daring engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), is thought... more
LUDLOW & THE WELSH MARCHES
Ludlow, its skyline dominated by the ruins of the great mediaeval castle and the lofty... more
SUSSEX HOUSES & GARDENS
J M W Turner, Jane Austen, Capability Brown and William Hogarth – just four of the names... more
CORNWALL: ST IVES & THE NEWLYN SCHOOL OF PAINTERS
Despite its modest scale, Tate St Ives has a rich collection of modern art on show... more
TREASURES OF LINCOLNSHIRE
The entire gamut of English architecture and decoration from Norman times to 19th... more
HEPWORTH, HOCKNEY & MOORE IN YORKSHIRE
The opening of The Hepworth Wakefield gallery was one of the major art events of 2011... more
MEDIAEVAL SUFFOLK
Timber-framed, jettied houses abound round the peaceful Suffolk village greens and ponds.... more
THE WORLD OF ST CUTHBERT & ST BEDE
The old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria once stretched from the Humber to the Forth.... more
SHAKESPEARE AT STRATFORD
This tour offers the chance to attend three Royal Shakespeare Company performances... more
SHAKESPEARE AT STRATFORD
This tour offers the chance to attend three Royal Shakespeare Company performances:... more
SHAKESPEARE AT STRATFORD
This tour offers the chance to attend three Royal Shakespeare Company performances:... more
SHAKESPEARE AT STRATFORD
This tour offers the chance to attend three Royal Shakespeare Company performances:... more
