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centre room buckingham palace

Buckingham Palace's East Wing will open for visitors for the first time in 175 years as part of the annual Summer Opening....

This issue, our travel special takes you to the beautiful Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Sark Many...
somerville hotel

The family-owned Somerville Hotel is one of Jersey’s most iconic hideaways The four-star Somerville Hotel, dating from 1881, holds...
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much wenlock

James March tell us how the modern Olympics were inspired by a Shropshire local from the town of Much Wenlock with big...
hauteville house

A visit to Victor Hugo’s Guernsey home of Hauteville House is like a tour through the literary giant’s imagination, writes Antonia Windsor 
channel islands

Channel Islands expert Antonia Windsor takes us on a summer sea adventure around the islands of Guernsey, Sark, Herm, Alderney, and Jersey
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The Bell in Ticehurst is a gorgeous 16th-century inn nestled in the beautiful East Sussex countryside. Here's your chance to win a...

Historic Middlethorpe Hall & Spa offers country-house comfort close to the city. Here's your chance to win a stay there

Enter our competition for your chance to win this fabulous prize Ettington Park, the only AA 4 Red Star...
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midsummer celebrations

Adrian Mourby looks at midsummer celebrations in Britain and how the longest days of summer have are rooted in ancient tradition and have been...
churchill and D-Day

Allen Packwood, co-author of a new book, tells the D-Day story, 80 years on from the Allied invasion
hever castle

Jeremy Flint takes camera and pen behind the scenes at Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home, to find out what it’s like...
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Accommodation

bridgerton-inspired escapes

As the third series of Netflix’s Regency-romp Bridgerton graces our screens, make like the Ton and plan a Bridgerton-inspired escape at one...

From vast estates to manor houses and pretty English garden cottages, here are some of the best hotels in South East England

Great British Buildings

south east of england

Here are some of the places that should be top of your list of things to do in the beautiful South East...

Cities & Towns

horsted keynes

Today Horsted Keynes is one of the most serene and peaceful villages in Sussex, but, as Russell Higham discovers, Horsted Keynes was...

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