Henrietta Easton

1 week ago | chelseamagazines.com | Henrietta Easton

By Henrietta Easton | 7 May 2025 This prize draw is open to subscribers to The English Home newsletter (“Newsletter”) who are resident in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland and are aged 18 years or over. Employees of The Chelsea Magazine Company Limited and its group companies (“Promoter”), and Addison Ross Limited (“Prize Provider”), their families, agents or anyone else professionally associated with the draw are not eligible to enter.

1 week ago | discoverbritain.com | Henrietta Easton

It’s not often that I’ve had to drive over a moat and under a drawbridge to arrive at my accommodation, luggage stowed safely on the back of the golf buggy, but this is just how things are done at Leeds Castle in Kent. Just about the most idyllic fairytale castle you can imagine, Leeds Castle was once described by historian Lord Conway in 1913 as ‘the loveliest castle in the world’, and it is obvious why.

2 weeks ago | discoverbritain.com | Henrietta Easton

From street parties to black-tie dinners and services of remembrance, these are the very best VE Day 80 celebrations happening up and down the countryPublished Date:1 May 2025‘“My dear friends, this is your hour. This is not victory of a party or of any class. It’s a victory of the great British nation as a whole. We were the first, in this ancient island, to draw the sword against tyranny.’ So said Prime Minister Winston Churchill during his VE Day speech on 8 May 1945.

2 weeks ago | chelseamagazines.com | Henrietta Easton

By Henrietta Easton | 30 Apr 2025 This prize draw is open to subscribers to the Discover Britain newsletter (“Newsletter”) who are resident in the UK and are aged 18 years or over. Employees of The Chelsea Magazine Company Limited and its group companies (“Promoter”), and Silver Pear Communications (“Prize Provider”), their families, agents or anyone else professionally associated with the draw are not eligible to enter. Details of how to enter form part of the terms and conditions.

2 weeks ago | discoverbritain.com | Nancy Alsop |Henrietta Easton

The sun is shining and it’s time for a dip. Forget chlorinated swimming pools and cramped changing rooms, instead opt to go al fresco with our top wild swimming spots in Britain. It’s no surprise that the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond take the top spot for the most scenic wild swimming spot in the UK. With its surrounding mountains, forests, and idyllic quaint villages, Loch Lomond, the largest inland stretch of water in Great Britain, offers stunning scenery for an invigorating wild swim.