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Now it has finally opened, the Thermae Bath Spa Complex aims to re-establish Bath’s rightful place as Britain’s pre-eminent spa destination.
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Philip Game meanders along the Welsh border in search of... books |
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The most luxurious way to see England’s picturesque Cotswolds region is from behind the wheel of a Morgan sports car. |
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Whilst the British may disparage ‘Oxbridge’ as the home of an ivory tower elite, England’s two venerable university cities are quite different places.
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Exquisitely manicured, the halcyon Cotswold villages of Painswick, Broadway, Bibury and Bourton-on-the-Water could easily be stage sets. |
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Where better to start exploring London’s past than the banks of the Thames, for centuries the main artery of the greatest mercantile city the world had ever known? |
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Foodies and fashionistas delight at the Spitalfields market in London's East End |
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Edinburgh’s New Town remains arguably the world’s finest example of Georgian town planning and architecture, but two centuries on, the austere terraced townhouses and the luxuriant private parks wear a comfortable patina. |
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Country England has never been so good. |
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You don't have to go searching for Dylan Thomas in Old South Wales. Quite the contrary - Dylan Thomas will come looking for YOU. |
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Scotland's waterfront city of Dundee used to be known as “the city of jute, jam and journalism”. Now. all this has changed |
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The passengers have clattered downstairs to the ferry’s dimly-lit hold, squeezing back into dozens of cars, trucks and vans which have spent the journey packed into line, front to back. Now… not exactly the chequered flag, but the ramp has lowered into place, the crewman waves each vehicle forward in turn. We accelerate up onto the ramp, out into the daylight, clattering ashore onto virgin territory. |
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Newcastle, "capital" of north-east England, has for the fourth consecutive year been nominated as the country’s favourite city-break destination |
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An unlikely cultural capital, Glasgow's uncomprisingly Victorian streetscape provides the setting for an assemblage of fine galleries and museums. |
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Jute, once the mainstay of Dundee's economy, is staging a surprising comeback in some surprising places. |
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No customer is too picky for this boutique butcher in an unlikely corner of London's East End |
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We could be in Brittany, or Wales, or any other Celtic country. But here when someone or somewhere is prefixed Pen-, Tre-, Treg- or Trew-, you could be nowhere else but Cornwall. |
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A trip on the Royal Scotsman is a perfect blend of past and present as you and your select group of fellow-passengers clicketty-clack along the rails.
That’s just the beginning of this story. Castles, lochs, distilleries, a knees-up ceilidh, and more food and wine (and whisky!) than you could shake a bagpipe at.
Five-star amenities, attentive staff. That’s what wins people. Royal treatment, all the way.
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The Welsh do share that English passion for privacy… finding a sea-front inn on the Llyn Peninsula becomes quite a challenge. |
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The English port city reinvents itself. |
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This article gives details of the history and location of Bristol and includes information on accommodation provided, local food and cuisine, things to do and see. |
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Gravetye Manor (it isn't even pronounced as you would expect – it's Grave Tie) is deliciously off the map, a flowery hidden estate. But of course, when a place has been around for 500 years or so you do expect people to have learnt your location. |
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A stroll through three of the English-speaking world's great museums - ones designed to inspire rather than merely inform: the Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand; the Buffalo Bill Historical Centre in Wyoming; and Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition. |
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