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When I was last at the Arden Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon I fell in love with the old fashioned rose patterned tea service from the V …

I’m just back from Manchester, where I explored Manchester’s creative side as a guest of Creative Tourist, the online guide to all things artistic and …

I visited the treetop walkway at Kew gardens a couple of years ago with my son and and returned recently with my daughter and some …

When I first visited the Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens a couple of years ago, I was completely entranced not only by the beautiful …

We took a winter weekend break at the Welcombe Hotel near Stratford-upon-Avon in a mock Jacobean country house set in parkland with its own golf …

If you’re planning a pre-theatre dinner at the Waterside Brasserie, in the Arden hotel, just opposite the newly opened Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, then …

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, reopened in 2011 following a 4 year reconstruction project that cost an eye-watering £112 million to complete. For those …

As one year ends and another begins, I review my travelling year at Heather on her travels and highlight the places I’ve visited and things …

Before we put away the Christmas baubles and see the New Year in, I’d like to relish the Christmas turkey and all the trimmings a …

Each year we dust off the Christmas traditions in England. They have become a habit that we just accept without thinking too much about why …

In my travel podcast series, I have a podcast interview with Dixe Wills, author of the Tiny Campsites guide, we discuss the benefits of slow …