Category: Places
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Culmstock: the door to divine Devon
The village nestled in the ideal locale for Devon adventures.
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Christiana and the trouble with Udopea
Self-style indie community that wants to bite the hand that protects is
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Why have student digs gone from dingy to designer?
Global shortage of student accommodation is creating a new asset class
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Discover John Steinbeck’s heavenly home in England
“The countryside is turning as lush as a plum…..There’s a quality here that I haven’t known for very long. The 20th century seems very remote.” So wrote John Steinbeck in 1959 when he was living in Somerset and researching his book on King Arthur. Later, in an interview, he said that he had been happier […]
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Find barefoot luxury in colourful and friendly Grenada
“ALL island tours will include five harmonica interludes and palatable humour”. So read the business card of Roger, my driver on the Caribbean island of Grenada. The humour turned out to be more palatable than the harmonica and certainly a lot safer on the road but that did not prevent Roger from giving us a […]
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This is England
All I see is fear Propaganda fuelling fear Introversion leading ignorance Ignorance making idiots Bigots with blinkers Fascists getting famous England eloping Welcome home
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Why should Britain stay in Europe?
Despite valid reasons for staying in the EU, British voters are dreaming of independence.
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Lady Colin Campbell makes the most of her jungle fame
HER brown jacket had LADY C clearly stamped on the back – but even from the rear there was no mistaking the husky, imperious tones of Lady Colin Campbell when she appeared in ITV’s 15th series of I’m a Celebrity….Get Me out of Here! But it was a bit of a shock when she faced […]
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Should Government revise safety advice on Hurghada and other Red Sea resorts?
UNTIL last year, Egypt’s Red Sea Riviera was by and large considered a safe place to travel. At least that was the general tone of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office guidelines. Advising against all travel to North Sinai and all but essential travel to the south of the peninsula, the FCO has maintained a level […]