Revisit the adventures of the Famous Five, the Secret Seven and lose yourself in the fantastical world of The Magic Faraway Tree at this family-friendly exhibition.

Taken from Anglo-Spanish historical resources, Cambridge University Library's new show features bandits, murderers, inmates and a gossip-hungry public.

Using a hand-crafted wooden book and their mobile phone, visitors to Bristol's Watershed will be able to follow stories through the city streets in a new literary adventure.

From Copernicus to the Mars Curiosity rover, the Royal Observatory is about to launch a season pondering the hot topic of our intergalactic solitude.

After an inspirational visit to Brontë country in 2012, Patti Smith is heading back to Yorkshire and the Brontë Parsonage Museum for a fundraising gig.

A set of six letters written by Charlotte Brontë and later used by Elizabeth Gaskell for her biography of the famous author of Jane Eyre has been acquired at auction by the Brontë Society.

Ecce Homo - a porfolio described as a "monstrous menagerie" from the anti-war satirist who was forced to flee Nazi Germany - goes on show as one of two rare portfolios.

The Stanza Stones trail follows 47 miles along the Pennine Watershed between Ilkley and Marsden, offering walkers the chance to discover six new poems by Simon Armitage.

The historic Central Library in Edinburgh is the be the focus of a new development to make a library and cultural centre fit for the UNESCO City of Literature.

Jenni Davidson takes a look at Medieval masterpieces among an exhibition which spans the bookshelves of 300 years of English kings and queens from a collection founded by Edward IV.

Nick Booth, of Guildford Museum, explains his interest in a print of the Legend of Archbishop George Abbot’s Birth.

Hampstead has been popular with celebrities since Georgian times. Writers and artists like Keats and Stanley Spencer called it home in the past but nowadays you're more likely to bump pop stars and TV personalities like Boy George and Bill Oddie. Follow our trail round this north London village where you will experience beautiful architecture, historic houses, modern art, welcoming pubs and wild open spaces.