literary history

literary history

5 famous writers' homes you can holiday in, from Roald Dahl's childhood holiday home to the Queen of Crime Agatha Christie's house

Fancy sleeping where your favourite writers lived, worked or holidayed? Explore Agatha Christie's Devon retreat and follow in the footsteps of Roald Dahl with our top five literary lodgings.
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Eurasian nuthatch, wood nuthatch; Sitta europaea, clinging upside down to a branch

Day out: Frith Wood, Gloucestershire

As a child, writer and poet Laurie Lee played among the trees of Frith Wood, a landscape that would later feature in his childhood memoir Cider with Rosie
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The Moat Brae National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling in Dumfries, South West Scotland

Day out: Moat Brae, Dumfries and Galloway

Fly up, up and away to an enchanting house that once inspired Neverland and is now a children’s literature centre encouraging the next generation of writers
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Where was the British drama Howards End filmed?

An idyllic country house features in BBC One's 2017 drama – but not the one author EM Forster had in mind. Here is our guide to the TV filming locations used in Howards End. 

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