Britain

BRITAIN - The Official Magazine is the perfect choice for everyone with a thirst to know more about the UK's rich history and traditions. Each issue is a glorious surprise, packed with tales of kings and queens, heroes and villains and the stories behind our castles and cathedrals, stately homes and gardens, countryside and coastline.

Britain

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THE BULLETIN • Anne Boleyn in the frame, the return of Peaky Blinders, and Churchill the artist

Land of kings & commoners • With its ancient woodlands, pretty villages and free-roaming ponies, the New Forest offers a timeless escape

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Rooted in ROYALTY • From the Tudor Rose to the royal oak, how did certain plants and flowers come to define royal dynasties?

Creative landscape • This spring, Sir Kenneth Branagh returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company for the first time in more than three decades. Here, he shares his love of the theatre and his favourite British haunts

CROWNS & GOWNS • In Queen Elizabeth II’s centenary year, a landmark exhibition explores her life in fashion, spanning the ten decades of her remarkable life

A royal centenary celebration • From the publishers of BRITAIN magazine, Queen Elizabeth II, a glossy new 132-page commemorative edition, chronicles the late Queen’s extraordinary life and remarkable reign. Colourful, in-depth features chart each decade of her life, from her early years as a princess, never expecting to be queen, to her Coronation and her seven decades as Queen.

Murder, she wrote • On the night before her execution, Mary, Queen of Scots wrote one last letter. This spring, it goes on display for the first time in decades

Baroque bravado • 300 years ago the final curtain came down on the life of the remarkable, career-hopping dramatist, architect and spy Sir John Vanbrugh. We look back at his colourful life, times and legacy

Telling Emily’s story • A new immersive attraction reveals how a woman from a small Cornish village shaped events a world away

Listening for victory • Hundreds of amateur radio enthusiasts played a vital role in Britain’s wartime intelligence effort. At Bletchley Park’s National Radio Centre, their extraordinary story is being told at last

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Much in little • With its cobbled market towns, historic churches and grand houses set among rolling countryside, England’s smallest county has an outsized charm

Explore Britain’s unique heritage • From the publishers of BRITAIN magazine, Stately Homes of the British Isles is a celebration of these unique buildings, and a fascinating journey through centuries of history showcasing historic houses, magnificent manors and grand castles through in-depth features and lavish images.

Finding ELEANOR • By retracing the funeral route of a medieval queen on foot, historian Alice Loxton discovered the transformative power of walking through England’s history at a human pace

Gordon Castle • The owners of this magnificent Highland castle have breathed life back into its historic walled garden