Things To Do
Free Weekend? Walk a Stunning Coastal Section of the Essex Way to Old Harwich
We’re only doing one full day’s walking to Harwich, cramming the 16 miles into a single Saturday. It rains the night before – but next morning the sun beams, the sky blue
Community Pinboard: Green-fingered Poetry, Dance Around The World – and a Reader Warning
1. Get Out of the Garden and into the Pub. We haven’t been to the Colonel Fawcett – formerly one of our favourite openings this …
Free Weekend? Explore Clapham Old Town
Having been born outside of London, it was always something of an eye opener when speaking with ‘real’ Londoners about the great North/South divide. And …
Free Weekend? Explore the Alentejo, Portugal
I’m driving down one of those big, wide, freshly tarmacked motorways that’s so new the Sat Nav doesn’t even know it exists (neither does anyone …
Community Pinboard: More Relaunches & A Dose of Art Too
1. The Rebirth Of What? As the race to attract the, er, post-Soho House pound quickens, two major landmarks are set to be reinvented in …
Free Weekend? Explore West Sussex
If anticipation heightens the start of a holiday, then there can be no better destination than West Sussex. The journey by car requires crawling through …
In Pictures: The Grafton NW5 launch
Friday’s Grafton launch was a packed affair with punters (and the odd celebrity) crammed around either the elegantly restored horseshoe bar, now shinily tiled, or …
Why It Matters: Camden Civic Society
I went down a few blind alleys before coming to the conclusion that if you don’t look after your own back yard no-one else will …
Free Weekend? Explore Hackney Wick
Kentishtowners are blessed when it comes to some of the best travel connections in London. East, south, north, west – a piece of the proverbial. …
Free Weekend? Explore Plockton, Scottish Highlands
With a climate so mild that palm trees thrive along Loch Carron, its quality of light has for decades attracted artists. Stephen Emms reports
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