Yes, yes: Northumberland is, relatively speaking, remote. For centuries, England’s northernmost county was on the outer limits of two kingdoms and hotly contested by both. Add in a long, sandy coastline and the windswept Cheviot Hills, and you’ve got one of the UK’s most stirring landscapes. Long defined by its relationship with the Dukes of Northumberland, it’s home to their 14th-century castle and a vast 21st-century garden, revived by the current duchess. The castle has paintings by Titian and Canaletto, as well as the outer…

Source: The Times December 30, 2018 00:16 UTC