Britain has more than 3,000 stately homes, and many are open to us hoi polloi. Indeed, visiting a stately home has become a staple leisure activity: what could be more British than a weekend drive to ...

It’s said that Sir Christopher Hatton – a favourite of Elizabeth I – was the finest dancer in England; he first caught the Queen’s eye at a ball, performing a vigorous galliard. Could he have matched ...

Stately homes are, arguably, at their most handsome at Christmas – capacious halls are filled with gigantic Christmas trees, palatial staterooms host immersive fairy-tale attractions, and majestic ...

As the final part of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" trilogy hits our TV screens, "I predict a sudden revival of the Tudor aesthetic", said historian Suzannah Lipscomb in The Telegraph. The impressive ...

The latest film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic novel, Frankenstein, has now landed on Netflix, and some eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted familiar stately homes among its spooky locations.