UK holidays
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This new gallery inside the (otherwise free) museum invites children to become scientists through 50 interactive displays and regular live shows
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Pilgrimages were once common in the UK. Now, a new trust aims to revive the tradition, in secular form. Alan Franks joins a walk from London to West Sussex to celebrate the song Jerusalem’s centenary
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This elegant B&B knows that the secret to success is not being slaves to hotel trends, it’s great service and attention to detail
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Its new Remembrance Centre has just opened, in time for Armistice Day. But also take time to explore nearby lovely Lichfield and its medieval cathedral
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This revamped guesthouse near the centre of York is so welcoming our writer has to tear himself away to explore the historic city itself
accommodation
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Themed around the classic 1968 Steve McQueen film, this new city centre hotel dispenses with frills like minibar and even wardrobes to concentrate on style, comfort and very good (and good-value) food
top 10s
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Dixe Wills set off on a pilgrimage round Britain in search of diminutive places of worship. In an extract from his new book he picks 10 of the most unusual, from a cliffside chapel in Wales to a plywood labour of love in a Norfolk garden
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To celebrate World Vegetarian Day, we choose the best places to eat for veggies and vegans in the city where the UK Vegetarian Society was established, 169 years ago
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The show must go on, and whether it’s late-night music, cabaret, queer or circus shows, the stars of the scene know just where to go in London after hours
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London’s long-awaited night tube is a gift to the capital’s clubbers. As the Victoria and Central lines start a non-stop weekend service – with other lines to follow in the autumn – we asked the cream of London’s club scene to point us to the party
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The round-the-world yachtsman’s fondest childhood memories are of holiday trips to a tiny islet off Jersey – and grabbing live lobsters with his bare hands
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Retired plumber Steve Etches has spent years combing the coast for ammonites and dinosaur bones. He has collected so many a £5m, world-class museum, in the village of Kimmeridge, has been built to house them all
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These wild acres are an oasis in busy south-west London – and even kids left cold by the many migrating birds will love the otters and adventure playground
budget holidays
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In more than 100 wild corners of the UK are free shelters – bothies – for use by walkers. As the charity that runs them turns 50, Phoebe Smith, author of Book of Bothy, picks eight favourites
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Our reviewer usually shuns youth hostels, but he finds this new Nottingham pad a much better budget option than many big hotel chains
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Get spooked for Halloween on a tombstone trail that covers five graves of interesting or scary characters in four area of south Wales
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England’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty offers scenic walks, fossil hunting and, as you’re never more than 1.7 miles from a pub, pints aplenty
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The town’s fabulous 1927 lido is reopening after a multimillion pound refurb – but that’s not the only reason to drop in on this Taff valley town
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A trip to the Lakes to join the celebrations for Beatrix Potter’s 150th birthday will make for family fun – and provide a chance to tuck in to some fine food and drink
sport holidays
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Three female outdoor swimmers share their passion – and lessons – for taking the plunge in the great outdoors in winter. All are profiled in films being screened at this year’s Kendal Mountain Festival
restaurants
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Left-field Liverpool is thriving with a strong DIY culture and an art world bubbling with grassroots projects. Here’s our pick of the most exciting music and culture venues, and the best places to eat and drink
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Out in the capital and in need of quality post-pub food? Our experts have selected their favourite after-hours havens for bagels, burgers, pizza, noodles – and yes, kebabs
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countries
coast & country
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