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Saturday, 8 October 2016

5 reasons to put Porto on your bucket list

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We have a rule for our annual girls' trip: if you're marking a birthday year that ends in "0", you get to choose the desti...
Monday, 19 September 2016

Little-known Wren masterpieces are highlights of Open House weekend

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It's been seven years since I last enjoyed, and wrote about, Open House London weekend. What can I say? We've been busy. It always f...
Friday, 16 September 2016

Utopian Franco-Italian fusion at Angela Hartnett's Murano

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The computer that matched us said we were 98% compatible. As we mark five years of marriage, we acknowledge that it got us right on the head...
Saturday, 20 August 2016

O'Keeffe show doesn't deliver the magic I was seeking

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I set off for Tate Modern wanting desperately to love the Georgia O'Keefe show. I already had an affection for the artist based on child...
Sunday, 7 August 2016

Summer round-up: restaurants (Fenchurch, Nopi), music, cricket and underwater archeology

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Whoever coined the phrase "the lazy, hazy days of summer" clearly had a very different life to mine. Summer in England always seem...
Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Grand Canyon chopper tour is the unforgettable climax of US trip

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"Grand" is a rare piece of American understatement. The most famous canyon in the world is so much more. Spectacular. Humbling....
Saturday, 23 July 2016

Ten things to do beyond the Vegas Strip

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We are proof you can have a great time in Vegas without ever setting foot on the four miles of Las Vegas Boulevard that most tourists never ...
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