The Berkshire town of Windsor has a rich royal history and you’ll find no better illustration of this than in its many and varied old hostelries. People have been enjoying the hospitality offered by the town’s watering holes since William the Conqueror first built a castle here in the eleventh century. Today, that reputation continues as a lively mix of locals and tourists look to quench their thirst. From bustling alehouses that maintain a live music scene through to traditional taverns o...

Take a spooky journey round the British Isles with the UK’s best known psychic Derek Acorah. Derek presents a fascinating guide to 100 ‘haunted’ sites throughout Britain and Ireland, including his incredible ghostly encounters, what you can expect to find at each location, as well as detailed information on opening hours and access.Find out just how haunted Britain and Ireland are in Derek Acorah’s fascinating guide to over 100 spooky sites. Derek shares fantasic strories of epic b...

A glorious insight into the history, landscape and people of Britain, from The Sunday Times bestseller.The Scottish west coast was one of the most challenging stretches of line to confront railway engineers. Extreme gradients, curves, bogs and scree left them scrambling around for ideas, but the result is one of the most scenic railway journeys in the world. En route Michael Portillo discovers local authors such as Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott, local industries including haggi...

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Cork, Ireland.   Cork is situated on the banks of the River Lee in the south of the country. It is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the third largest in all of Ireland.   Cork is the anglicised version of the Irish word Corcaigh, which means marsh. The city centre was originally built on marshland and boats were able to navi...

113 great things to see and do in Edinburgh.Abbey Strand, Arthur's Seat, Biddy Mulligans Pub, Bobby's Bar, Brass Rubbing Centre, Caledonian Brewery, Calton Hill, Camera Obscura And World Of Illusions, Canal Boat, Canongate, Canongate Kirk, Castle Rock, Charlotte Square, City Of The Dead Tours, Craigmillar Castle, Cramond Village, Deacon Brodie's Tavern, Dean Village, Dirty Dicks Pub, Dog Cemetery, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Ceilidh, Edinburgh Crystal Visitor Centre, Edinburgh Frin...

Secrets in Seeing the West of Ireland is designed to help you plan your trip to the West of Ireland. Over the years, I have traveled to Ireland many times. Some years ago, people accross the United States began to ask me to help them plan their trip to Ireland. The developing of many such plans and accumulating a wealth of information became the foundation of my publishing this book.There are many excellent books on traveling in Ireland. Most of these are well done and very compreh...

There is no other company, industry, or premises more closely aligned—indeed almost synonymous—with its hometown than Guinness’s St. James’s Gate Brewery and the city of Dublin. From the company’s modest beginnings in 1759 to its heyday in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its continued strength into the twenty-first century, Guinness has had an enormous influence over the city’s economic, social, and cultural life.In this warm and fascinating piece of history, ...

A glorious insight into the history, landscape and people of Britain, from The Sunday Times bestseller.Historically Kent has been both the garden of England and its first line of defence and the train journey from London to Hastings reflects these contrasts. Michael Portillo travels through Greenwich, with its famous Royal Observatory, visits Chatham’s historic dockyard and discovers the history of hop picking, papermaking and cricket ball manufacturing. At the coast he finds sea b...

After years travelling by train between Inverness and Edinburgh, Simon Varwell realised that he knew very little about the places he would merely pass through, and to which he would pay no attention as they rushed by in a train window blur. So over the course of six days in 2012, he travelled the line and stopped at all twenty-three stations. It was a trip that led him to the unknown, the beautiful, the isolated, the depressingly mundane, the run-down, and the haunting. Fro...

Take a walk around the sights of London with your Monopoly board in mind, and sample some of the finest examples of pubs and beers in this streets.

Sick Sheep Gully. Nightcap. Tittybong. Believe it or not, these are all true blue Aussie places. But how did they get such quirky monickers? All is revealed in YORKEY'S KNOB, a light-hearted romp through some of our more bizarre localities and the perfect gift this Christmas. From the many delightful names derived from indigenous words (Coober Pedy, for example, is said to mean 'white man down hole') to the optimistic (Arcadia), the pessimistic (Mount Despair) and the downright sniggerwort...

The portable guide to potable purveyors. "From alehouses, inns, and taverns, to the pubs we know today, Gordon Thorburn explains all . . . Cheers!" — Best of BritishIs there really a pub called The Toad Rock Retreat? Which one town has the pubs with both the longest and the shortest names? How many Lions, Crowns, and Horses are there? How many pubs are called The Speculation, The Triple Plea, and The Welcome Stranger? Why would you give your pub a ...