Culture, curiosity and the UK's best-kept finds.
Forget staged heritage experiences. Britain’s strangest village traditions — horn dances, tar barrels, straw bears and burr-covered figures — are still performed by people who live there. Here’s a field guide to witnessing them without turning up like a cultural tourist.
A celebratory, slightly obsessive tour of the UK’s overlooked cinemas, museums and odd little rooms—from a Sheffield basement screen to a Norfolk postcard archive. These are the places that reward curiosity in 2026, with practical notes for actually turning up.
Luton, Blackpool and Hull get used as shorthand for decline. That is lazy. In 2026, the UK’s underdog places are where grassroots culture is doing the most interesting work—and where a curious visitor gets the best value.