Stunning images of the British Isles’ incredible islands

Dramatic, beautiful, other-worldly, surreal, remote, epic – welcome to the islands of the British Isles. There are over 6,000 of them altogether and so picturing them all would be a tall order – but here we bring you some of the most breathtaking. It’s almost guaranteed that you will stare in disbelief at some of … Read more

Stunning images of the British Isles’ incredible islands, from Ireland to Scotland via Cornwall

Dramatic, beautiful, other-worldly, surreal, remote, epic – welcome to the islands of the British Isles. There are over 6,000 of them altogether and so picturing them all would be a tall order – but here we bring you some of the most breathtaking. It’s almost guaranteed that you will stare in disbelief at some of … Read more

Rare travel posters to entice US tourists to the British Isles are to fetch thousands at auction 

Pan Am flights and railway journeys to the Malverns: Rare vintage travel posters to entice US tourists to the British Isles are set to fetch thousands at auction A sale of vintage posters will take place on November 14 at the Swann Auction Galleries in New York  The rare posters, which date back to 1914, … Read more

Discover the British Isles’ 12 most delightfully remote hotels, from the Channel Islands to Scotland

From hotels on tiny, car-free islands to forts in the middle of the sea, there are some fantastic places to really feel cut off from the rest of the world.  And best of all, they don’t need to cost the earth.  La Sablonnerie, Little Sark, Channel Islands On the tiny island of Sark, pictured, in … Read more

Skeletons buried near Bamburgh Castle belonged to people who had travelled across the British isles

Britain was a fractious nation in the 7th Century AD, still looking for stability several centuries after the collapse of the Roman empire.  At this point, various kings ruled over different regions of land and many languages and religions dominated certain locales.  The exact date of the church is not known, but it is though … Read more