UK
Highway to hell: Climbing Devil's Staircase
Jun 18, 2019
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain trail, Laura Cole climbs the Devil’s Staircase, the seemingly illogical road in Glencoe, Scotland
Holme Fen: the lowest point in Britain
May 01, 2019
Written by
Laura Cole
Laura Cole visits the lowest point in Britain at 2.7 metres below sea level and falling
Cuckmere Haven: White cliffs and World War histories
Apr 11, 2019
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain, Laura Cole visits Cuckmere Haven in Sussex, to explore the untold histories of a famous landscape
Todmorden: A beach in the hills
Mar 14, 2019
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole visits a sandy beach at the top of the Southern Pennines
Chester: all roads lead to the Romans
Feb 18, 2019
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain trail, Laura Cole visits Chester, following the unusual traces left by the Roman occupation
The Crooked House of Himley
Jan 14, 2019
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain Viewpoint, Laura Cole heads to the Crooked House of Himley, a pub embedded in the Black Country
Walking Bristol’s slave trade
Dec 04, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain Trail, Laura Cole visits Bristol, where the city’s role in the slave trade puts it at the centre of a global debate
South London’s surprising wartime fences
Nov 07, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole visits Kennington to look at a stretch of fencing that has led a double life
Everyday incarceration: why the UK’s immigration policy ‘feels like abuse’
Oct 19, 2018
Written by
Katie Burton
New research demonstrates the harsh reality of UK immigration policy for Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) women seeking asylum and fleeing domestic violence
Discovering the hidden Dungeness
Oct 09, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
On this month's Discovering Britain trail, Laura Cole heads to Dungeness, a landscape of extremes on the south coast
Sea and sensibility
Sep 17, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole visits a lone tower with a surprising purpose
Mountain hare culling spirals out of control
Aug 16, 2018
Written by
Lucy Hodge-Sellers
‘Iconic mammals of the hill’ see populations dwindling in the moorlands of the eastern Highlands
Liquid asset: England’s first capital
Aug 06, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
In this month’s Discovering Britain, Laura Cole visits Winchester’s chalk stream, a vital artery for England’s first capital
Electric dreams: the return of Cornish mining?
Jul 07, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
A new interest in Cornish mines has been sparked amid the electric vehicle revolution
Stuck in the middle
Jul 02, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole checks out a modern curio in northern England, sitting in the centre of the M62
Replanting the Hebrides
Jun 22, 2018
Written by
Mark Rowe
An ambitious, long-term project is hoping to bring trees back to the northern reaches of the UK
Necropolis Railway
Jun 18, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain trail, Laura Cole follows the route of a macabre train service that used to run from London to Surrey
Hay-on-Wye: between the lines
May 08, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint, Laura Cole visits Hay-on-Wye, the border town full of novel ideas
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