Fun

I have just returned to London from a short ‘staycation’ in the North Norfolk coastal village of Blakeney. The name means ‘Black Island’ in me...

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A bleak kind of beauty

The UK went into the first coronavirus lockdown on March 23 last year, a little over 12 months ago. Hospitality venues opened up on July 4 (remember t...

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A lighter lockdown

Granted, these are not the best of times to be trying to maximise profits from a comparatively new hospitality destination. Therefore, it is fair to s...

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Power of a different sort

Sandringham House, shown on the home page, sits a little inland from the North Norfolk coast. It is one of the private houses owned by the monarch; ou...

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A house with some heritage

The pagoda in the southeast section of Kew Gardens in southwest London stands 50 metres tall and it takes 253 steps to climb it from bottom to top. (T...

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FUN: The Kew Gardens Pagoda

The area around King’s Cross station in north central London is a perpetual hive of activity. For example, the new Google HQ is under constructi...

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FUN: Gardens in the sky