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Sunday, 31 July 2022

A few stolen hours in Edinburgh make travel chaos worth while

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Any frequent business traveller will tell you that the hassle far outstrips the occasional perk of a nice expense account dinner or a drive ...
Thursday, 28 July 2022

West Green stages a welcome return to early opera

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Greatest hits are well served by the English country house opera scene, which seems to be growing every year. Early music, however, rarely g...
Sunday, 24 July 2022

Country walk with a majestic falcon makes a memorable birthday treat

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To give is proverbially better than to receive. It's a point proven in abundance on a Hampshire Hawk Walk, both because it's a uniqu...
Sunday, 17 July 2022

Longborough's Carmen nears perfection; the hunt for a perfect Cotswold home struggles

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Earlier this week I was in a heated debate about race and casting. It’s an incendiary topic, with one extreme demanding colour-blind, rainbo...
Sunday, 10 July 2022

RA Summer Exhibition and Hampton Court: Shared theme, very different moods

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 Gardeners are instinctive optimists. The act of planting a tiny seed in March in hope of abundance six months later is annual proof. Artist...
Sunday, 26 June 2022

Chalke Valley is the Glastonbury of history; entertainment, education and chocolate dinosaurs

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I bolted out of my bed an hour before a working day would see me rise, giddy with excitement to climb into the car and head west on the A303...
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Sunday, 19 June 2022

Ten books to feed a well-read Renaissance mind

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A university friend recently posed a tricky question to our Facebook chat group. What are the Top 10 books that could help someone become “w...
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