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Travel: Our night at boutique hotel with rooftop bar and incredible views

The Roof Terrace bar at the Varsity Hotel in Cambridge

Travel Features | Review

Mark Heath

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Our food and travel writer Mark Heath and his wife Liz visited the Varsity Hotel & Spa in Cambridge for a Friday night stay. Here's what they made of it...

Getting Ready for Sea by Sasha Harding, exhibition at Old Coastguard, Mousehole, Cornwall

Cornwall Life

Beautiful new exhibition from three of Cornwall's favourite artists

Lucy Studley

An antique decorative map of the Virgo constelation. Print published by Sidney Hall (1825). Photo b

Cotswold Life

Sue Limb: I'm stuck with being a responsible Virgo

Sue Limb

Work by Angie Spencer inspired by time spent at Rough Bank nature reserve

Cotswold Life

Arts and nature: Walking the Land in the Stroud Valleys

Siân Ellis

The Globe Inn at Wells

TRAVEL: Is this East Anglia's ultimate dog-friendly hotel?

Emma Lee

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The 'immortal' cat

Cotswold Life

Cotswold cats in folklore

Kirsty Hartsiotis

Perseids Meteor Shower and where to see them in the south east of England

Where to watch the Perseids meteor shower in East Anglia

Cate Crafter

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Tractor Pulling Great Eccleston Show

Lancashire Life | Updated

10 things to do in Lancashire during the Bank Holiday weekend

Vijay Arogyasami

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Enjoy an evening of fireworks and fun at Darley Park Weekender 2022

Derbyshire Life | Updated

10 things to do in Derbyshire during the Bank Holiday weekend

Vijay Arogyasami

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Malton Food Lovers' Festival is back

Yorkshire Life | Updated

10 things to do in Yorkshire during the Bank Holiday weekend

Vijay Arogyasami

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Cheshire Game & Country Show at Tabley showground

Cheshire Life | Updated

10 things to do in Cheshire during the Bank Holiday weekend

Vijay Arogyasami

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Huge spider crab pictured in Newquay

Cornwall Life

Hoards of spider crabs on Cornish beaches are not a danger to the public

Martha Griffiths

Senior woman eating an ice-cream

Kent Life

Where to find Kent's best ice creams

Catherine Paice

Triswim

Kent Life

Fun on the water in Kent

Anna Lambert

Toast party - closeup on the hand of young people clinking glasses of cocktails celebrating friendsh

Kent Life

Take a gin tour in Kent

Anna Lambert

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Ben Cutler's Passepartout and Nicholas Maude's Fogg set off in Eastbourne

Sussex Life

Eastbourne Theatres’ Around The World in 80 Days is the perfect summer...

Karen Pasquali Jones

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woman in flowery dress

Cheshire Life

Enter the 2022 Cheshire Creme de la Creme Business Awards

Joanne Goodwin

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Tiltup Barn, Southrop, Gloucestershire

Cotswold Life

See inside this beautiful 18th-century barn conversion, on the market...

Candia McKormack

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Megan McCubbin

Hampshire Life

Megan McCubbin shares the best wildlife to spot this summer

Elizabeth Kirby

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Kim Wilde pop star

Hertfordshire Life

Interview: An out of this world encounter with Kim Wilde

Karen Pasquali Jones

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A trio of vintage Spitfire aircraft from World War 2 fly accross the English Channel at sunset "r(No

Hampshire Life

17 amazing experience days in Hampshire

Elizabeth Kirby

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L'Andana Italiian hotel resort from the air

Hertfordshire Life

Hotel review: Celebrating life & love in Tuscany

Richard Young

The Vinehouse at Helmsley Walled Garden

Yorkshire Life

10 glorious summer food hotspots in Yorkshire

Kathryn Armstrong

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August 27-29, Alex James's Farm

Cotswold Life | Updated

6 things to do in the Cotswolds this bank holiday weekend

Vijay Arogyasami

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Add a little drama to your life with a visit to Shakespeare Beach - so called because it features in King Lear

Kent Life

There's a lovely Kent beach for everybody

Jane Maltby

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View of old dee bridge, Chester

Cheshire Life

5 of the best places to visit in Cheshire this summer

Visit Chester & Cheshire

The Farm Club at Pickmere Lake

Cheshire Life

5 wild swimming spots in Cheshire

Jenny Schippers

Huge spider crab pictured in Newquay

Cornwall Life

Hoards of spider crabs on Cornish beaches are not a danger to the public

Martha Griffiths

Perseids Meteor Shower and where to see them in the south east of England

Where to watch the Perseids meteor shower in East Anglia

Cate Crafter

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Scotney Castle is one of our picks for prettiest castles in Kent (photo: TerryJLawrence, Getty Image

Kent Life

Scotney Castle makes an appearance in Netflix's The Sandman

Cate Crafter

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View of Keswick from Skiddaw

Lancashire Life | Win

Win a luxury 2-night Lake District getaway to the Skiddaw Hotel worth £500

Vijay Arogyasami

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The award-winning MX3440V cordless lawnmower

Competitions | Win

Win the Cobra MX3440V Cordless Lawnmower

Vijay Arogyasami

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Chiddingstone Castle, Edenbridge (pictures Manu Palomeque)

Kent Life

National Afternoon Tea Week: 10 of the best tearooms in Kent

Kent Life

Food And Drink

Where to find Kent's best ice creams

Senior woman eating an ice-cream

Kent Life

Catherine Paice

Where to find Kent's best ice creams

Toast party - closeup on the hand of young people clinking glasses of cocktails celebrating friendsh

Kent Life

Take a gin tour in Kent

Anna Lambert

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The Vinehouse at Helmsley Walled Garden

Yorkshire Life

10 glorious summer food hotspots in Yorkshire

Kathryn Armstrong

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The Yurt at Nicholsons

Cotswold Life

Michelin Guide magic for Oxfordshire dining destination

Candia McKormack

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People gather around a distillery made of copper

Devon Life

11 delicious Devon food and drink experiences

Martha Griffiths

Home Interiors

How to rejuvenate your bathroom’s aesthetic with natural stone

Breccia Capraia marble countertop with potted plant and candle at Stone Circle, Basingstoke

Hampshire Life | Promotion

Chad Holroyd

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Discover the best natural stone and styles to renovate your bathroom space.

The staircase at Victorian manor Mulberry Lodge in Cheshire

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The secret to creating the perfect entrance way: A case study of a...

Victoria Chapman

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Sitting room in barn conversion

Cotswold Life

Look inside a Cotswold stone barn conversion near Lechlade

Victoria Jenkins

Treehouse exterior

Cotswold Life

See inside this luxurious Worcestershire treehouse

Victoria Jenkins

Brown stone surface with breakfast foods, plates and coffee on top at stoneCIRCLE, Basingstoke

Hampshire Life | Promotion

Man-made vs natural stone: The perfect materials for revamping your kitchen

Chad Holroyd

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Gardening

A visit to Ravenshill Flower Farm in full bloom

The garden has lovely views over open countryside towards the Malvern Hills.

Cotswold Life

Mandy Bradshaw

A private Gloucestershire garden has become the base for a sustainable flower business.

Tom enjoying the floral fruits of his labours

Norfolk Magazine

Garden with Tom in August

Dominic Castle

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One of the follies on show at Fiddian's Folly

Norfolk Magazine

12 gorgeous NGS gardens to enjoy in August

Dominic Castle

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Tropical garden in Watford

Hertfordshire Life

Visit an unlikely tropical oasis in Watford

Philippa Pearson

This year's RHS letters were designed by Sarah Hinchcliffe and are filled with bee-friendly pollinator plants

Living Edge

What can we see at RHS Tatton Park 2022?

Kate Houghton

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Lifestyle

Arts and nature: Walking the Land in the Stroud Valleys

Work by Angie Spencer inspired by time spent at Rough Bank nature reserve

Cotswold Life

Siân Ellis

Richard Keating chats to Siân Ellis about connecting art, landscape and community

The 'immortal' cat

Cotswold Life

Cotswold cats in folklore

Kirsty Hartsiotis

Swimming pool, gym and spa facilities are on offer at St Sidwell's Point leisure centre in Exeter

Devon Life | Promotion

Feeling out of sorts? 5 easy ways to replenish your physical and mental...

Lauren Knight

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Norfolk Magazine's rescued chickens; from left - Myrtle, Flora, Daisy and Isobel

Norfolk Magazine

7 reasons why you need rescue chickens in your life!

Dominic Castle

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Liza Edwards with Finn and guest Stanley

Cotswold Life

The pros and cons of living with a whippet

Liza Edwards

People

Sue Limb: I'm stuck with being a responsible Virgo

An antique decorative map of the Virgo constelation. Print published by Sidney Hall (1825). Photo b

Cotswold Life

Sue Limb

Monthly musings of the naughtily nice kind I wish I could shrug off this wretched sense of responsibility.

woman in flowery dress

Cheshire Life

Enter the 2022 Cheshire Creme de la Creme Business Awards

Joanne Goodwin

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Kim Wilde pop star

Hertfordshire Life

Interview: An out of this world encounter with Kim Wilde

Karen Pasquali Jones

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Megan McCubbin

Hampshire Life

Megan McCubbin shares the best wildlife to spot this summer

Elizabeth Kirby

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Mark “resting” before Liam Gallagher appears at Knebworth

Cotswold Life

Cummings’ Goings, August 2022

Mark Cummings

Things To Do

Beautiful new exhibition from three of Cornwall's favourite artists

Getting Ready for Sea by Sasha Harding, exhibition at Old Coastguard, Mousehole, Cornwall

Cornwall Life

Lucy Studley

Three of Cornwall’s best-loved artists unite for an exhibition which celebrates friendship and sisterhood, against the backdrop of the coast path.

The Roof Terrace bar at the Varsity Hotel in Cambridge

Travel Features | Review

Travel: Our night at boutique hotel with rooftop bar and incredible views

Mark Heath

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The Globe Inn at Wells

TRAVEL: Is this East Anglia's ultimate dog-friendly hotel?

Emma Lee

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Triswim

Kent Life

Fun on the water in Kent

Anna Lambert

Ben Cutler's Passepartout and Nicholas Maude's Fogg set off in Eastbourne

Sussex Life

Eastbourne Theatres’ Around The World in 80 Days is the perfect summer...

Karen Pasquali Jones

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Travel

Hotel review: Celebrating life & love in Tuscany

L'Andana Italiian hotel resort from the air

Hertfordshire Life

Richard Young

In the first of a two-part focus on Tuscany, Hertfordshire Life editor Richard Young visits a boutique hotel resort in the Maremma region

Wide shot of vineyard with hills and trees at Woochester Valley Vineyard, Cotswolds

Cotswold Life | Promotion

5 reasons to visit a family-owned Cotswolds vineyard for a staycation

Chad Holroyd

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Perseids Meteor Shower and where to see them in the south east of England

Where to watch the Perseids meteor shower in East Anglia

Cate Crafter

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Tranquil scenes at Carsington Water

Derbyshire Life

Why Carsington Water has something for everybody

Richard Hucker

View of old dee bridge, Chester

Cheshire Life

5 of the best places to visit in Cheshire this summer

Visit Chester & Cheshire

What's On

Beautiful new exhibition from three of Cornwall's favourite artists

Getting Ready for Sea by Sasha Harding, exhibition at Old Coastguard, Mousehole, Cornwall

Cornwall Life

Lucy Studley

Three of Cornwall’s best-loved artists unite for an exhibition which celebrates friendship and sisterhood, against the backdrop of the coast path.

Ben Cutler's Passepartout and Nicholas Maude's Fogg set off in Eastbourne

Sussex Life

Eastbourne Theatres’ Around The World in 80 Days is the perfect summer...

Karen Pasquali Jones

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August 27-29, Alex James's Farm

Cotswold Life | Updated

6 things to do in the Cotswolds this bank holiday weekend

Vijay Arogyasami

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Enjoy a weekend of exhilarating horse racing at Goodwood this August Bank Holiday weekend

Sussex Life

Things to do in Sussex this August bank holiday weekend

Cate Crafter

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A team of four women row a long, slim boat through the water

Devon Life

Exciting events in Devon this August Bank Holiday

Martha Griffiths