Whether it's the flamboyant characters or the grand backdrops, period dramas never cease to please audiences - and in the UK, you can stay at some of the properties where these dramas are set.

Graham Reid visits a place of worship and wonder on windswept Salisbury Plain.

Get out the tweeds and Wellingtons and join Pamela Wade at Blenheim Palace.

Old boy spirit is still strong at England's home of rugby, writes David Leggat.

Many of London's cemeteries date back to the start of the Victorian era and still capture the melancholy beauty associated with the period of Charles Dickens, says Christoph Driessen.

From ballet on the beach to harvesting a hedgerow, a new company shows Kate Simon how to get the most from a UK holiday.

If you want to forget the last 50 years have happened, Suffolk is a good place to hunker down, says Jeremy Gates.

The British royal holiday home of Sandringham is open to the public - but, as Andrew Drummond discovers, not all parts of this four-level grand pile can be accessed.

Police have released a CCTV image of a missing British schoolgirl and her 30-year-old maths teacher on board a ferry to France.

British police are stepping up their hunt for the New Zealand fugitive dubbed the 'Artful Dodger', who's wanted in connection with a Brighton murder.

Kate Simon is introduced to the South Devon coastline by marine biologist and colourful local personality, Monty Halls.

A youngster from the Solomon Islands has taken on the future king of England in a show of football prowess - and won. "He was good, yes, but not as good as me," said Philemon Fatai, 13.

Catherine Bennett writes that as intrusive and prying as the press may be, what did Kate really expect when she took on that role?

Kate Simon discovers that the active trail that weaves its way through Newcastle exercises the mind as well as the body.

The medal ceremony for Valerie Adams is to be held in front of a select audience of competition winners and VIPs, despite calls for a public celebration of her gold victory.

The Herald continues a week-long inquiry into our changing national identity. Today: The 40- to 59-year-olds who forged links with other nations.

Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has opened up about her "whirlwind" romance with Russell Brand.