Literary Britain

Melrose to Dumfries

It is late July and I am sitting in the lounge bar of George and Abbotsford…
Abbotsford

Abbotsford is a rather grand, gothic baronial house, just outside of Melrose in the Scottish Borders.…
And so here’s Rugby at last

I didn’t have very much time to spend in Rugby but I was determined to visit…
My old, old home

Nuneaton! The very name is redolent of exotic holidays on sun kissed beaches, laying on fine…
Why, Coventry!

I’ve always liked Coventry. I first came here for a work conference at the University of…
From over Leamington Spa

She died in an upstairs bedroom,By the light of the evening star,That shone through the plate…
A Glorious Old Place

In which I discover a hidden gem in the Essex countryside…
Berkhamsted

In which I venture out alone into the Hertfordshire countryside…
Cast by Fortune on a Frowning Coast

In which I discover the literature inspired by Suffolk’s remote stretch of coastline…
The Secret Gardens

In which I discover the hidden gardens of Easton Lodge…