“I am desperate to bring people in again”: small museums in England on reopening

As indoor attractions welcome visitors back, four museums tells us how they’ll showcase new exhibitions after a particularly tough year

From the new rooftop viewing deck of the Wordsworth museum, the veil of Grasmere looks mottled and spongy on a waterlogged day. The hills are smudged out by an ethereal cloud line that seeps into the fields beyond the four chimneys of Dove Cottage. From up here, it’s clear that the inspiration for Wordsworth’s poetry started right at his front door.