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 this season

Noticeboard • Our Going to Gower article brings family together, while Marie Antoinette is still turning heads

DISCOVER LONDON

LONDON IN ALL SEASONS • Our guide to the best ways to enjoy your time in the capital this year

FLAVOUR of things to come • Jeremy Flint and his wife join an innovative new hotel food tour for an authentic taste of the capital

Writer’s RETREAT • Russell Higham visits the Charles Dickens Museum in London’s Doughty Street, where the writer who popularised the classic Christmas as we know it, once lived

Cabinet of CURIOSITIES • Ben Eley steps inside the capital’s newest museum, the V&A East Storehouse, the latest addition to London’s new cultural quarter

Magical history tour • Diana Wright pinpoints the best places to visit to find out more about the Great Fire of London

A POWERHOUSE • Russell Higham delves into the 800-year history of Lambeth Palace, the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury

London SPOTLIGHT • This month, our Londonphile raises the curtain on some of London’s lesser-known theatres

A Queen in exile • Rosemary Goring discusses the subject of her new book: Mary, Queen of Scots’ tumultuous years under the custody of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I

My Britain • Ashley Franks, organiser of the Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels event and a tar barrel roller from a long line of tar barrel rollers, talks to Jeremy Flint

Strange Britain: Brothers in arms • David Long on the forgotten fatalities, who lost their lives early on in the First World War

Weekend In NORWICH • Ben Eley travels to Norfolk’s capital to explore the reborn Norman castle, and discovers a historic and much underrated city

Scene it before • The film version of Maggie O'Farrell's novel Hamnet hits screens at the end of 2025, but where did they film these historic scenes?

A revolutionary artist • Ahead of a landmark exhibition, Susan Gray visits the home city of Joseph Wright of Derby to find out more about the celebrated 18th-century painter

CROSSWORD & QUIZ