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Sunday, 28 September 2025

England triumphs as the Women’s Rugby World Cup delivers a giddy joy

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I’ve been privileged to attend multiple sporting championships, and the atmosphere at each has been electric. But I’ve never experienced any...
Thursday, 28 August 2025

Wentworth Woodhouse: South Yorkshire's treasure house of stories

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All English country houses are treasure troves of fabulous stories, but few are as rich as Wentworth Woodhouse. This jewel of South Yorkshir...
Friday, 22 August 2025

Royal Armouries: A northern treasure house free of London crowds and foreign tourists

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Not long after I started working in England, the British government made the radical decision to move the Royal Armouries from London to Lee...
Monday, 11 August 2025

Why Stow-on-the-Wold is our perfect cotswolds base

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Planning your first Cotswolds getaway?   With almost 800 square miles of rolling hills, honey-stone villages, and historic inns, it can be h...
Monday, 4 August 2025

A surprisingly cheerful farewell to Longborough’s founder

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This was the first Longborough Festival Opera season since the death of its founder, Martin Graham. You might expect a bittersweet tone — es...
Friday, 25 July 2025

Tom Kerridge's Hand and Flowers lives up to its lofty reputation

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The Hand and Flowers has been on our culinary bucket list for a long time. We’ve long been fans of chef and owner Tom Kerridge. Marlow’s not...
Saturday, 28 June 2025

Russell-Cotes is an Edwardian treasure trove on Bournemouth’s striking seafront

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Bournemouth, on England’s Dorset coast, is more likely to conjure visions of buckets, spades and fish and chips than high culture. But there...
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