March - April 2022

Britain

The official magazine of Visit Britain

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Editor Natasha Foges Art Editor Clare White Subeditor Anna Manwaring Group Sales Director Catherine Chapman Head of Sales Operations Jodie Green Sales Executive Melissa Arancio Chairman Paul Dobson Managing Director James Dobson Publisher Simon Temle
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Editor’s Letter
With the season of blossom and birdsong in sight, we’re visiting Britain’s most heartstirring locations this issue (Romantic retreats, p32). There’s romance aplenty elsewhere too: we visit the wild moors and quaint villages beloved of literature’s mo
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The BULLETIN
At almost 1,000 years old, Canterbury Cathedral is full of ancient treasures – not least its famous stained-glass windows. Thanks to a groundbreaking new study using chemical analysis, scientists and historians have discovered that some of the window
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Scotch Woodcock
Millions of people have followed the exploits of the Shelbys, a notorious family of gangsters living in 1900s Birmingham, in the period drama series Peaky Blinders. With the show set to air its sixth and final series in 2022, The Official Peaky Blind
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Your Letters
I was delighted when I saw the article ‘The making of a Queen’ about Elizabeth I [Vol 90 Issue 1], a fascinating monarch who reigned over such turbulent Tudor times for no less than 40 years. I am looking forward to reading the second part! Another E
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The World Of Beatrix Potter
Nostalgic images of fuffy-tailed bunnies, sly foxes and wise owls made Beatrix Potter one of the best-loved children’s authours of the 20th century. A playful exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature (until 8 Januar
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In The Footsteps Of The Brontës
Britain’s breathtaking scenery has inspired generations of artists, musicians and writers, from Wordsworth’s Lake District to Elgar’s beloved Malvern Hills. And it’s the wild, rugged beauty of West Yorkshire’s Pennine moorlands that is embedded in th
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Royal Treasures
For generations, the name Garrard has been synonymous with British royalty, and now the jeweller has opened up some of its ledgers to the public for the first time in a new display in the Jewel Room at London’s Kensington Palace. Dating back to the f
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• Fascinating stories and insider insights into your favourite British castles, cathedrals, stately homes and gardens. • Page-turning tales of our historic heroes and villains, from kings and queens to literary greats. • Stunning photography that bri
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Queen of a Golden Age Part Two
Queen Elizabeth I’s coronation on 15 January 1559 was a dazzling affair. She had arrived in Westminster the previous day borne in a litter of gold brocade with her Master of the Horse, Robert Dudley, in attendance. Crowds cheered the tall, gracious,
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Win a Great British Holiday
● Free international flights● A night in a luxury London hotel● Tickets to some of the capital’s top sights● Gourmet dining● A night in a boutique hotel in Edinburgh● Edinburgh Castle● Spa stay and dinner in the Cotswolds● Blenheim Palace Would you l
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Romantic Retreats
Spring comes early to the west of Cornwall, warmed by the Gulf Stream, where the Roseland Peninsula is washed by reflected light from the Fal Estuary and St Austell Bay. It is a harmonious mix of sandy beaches, secluded coves, wooded valleys, dramati
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London In Lights
Brits are fiercely proud of London’s West End. Throughout history, leading performers have fallen over themselves to tread the boards in London. Shakespeare himself is said to have been a part of an acting troupe called the Lord Chamberlain’s Men who
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BLOSSOM & BLOOM
On city streets and in gardens and parks across the land, the joyful sight of blush-tinted blossom lifts the spirits in springtime. From March into April, fruit trees start to bloom, with apples, plums, pears and damsons bearing dainty white flowers
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Arundel
A more picture-perfect townscape would be hard to find. A medieval castle on the bend of a river, all romantic towers and turrets, dwarfs a toytown of black-and-white timber houses, with the verdant Arun Valley as a fairy-tale backdrop. Arundel is so
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The GLORIOUS GOWER
A petite peninsula in South Wales, jutting into the Bristol Channel and basking in its own microclimate, the Gower is blessed with epic sandy beaches, sweeping moors and marshes and diverse wildlife. No wonder it was declared the UK’s first Area of O
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Top 10 winchester
It can be strange to think that Hampshire’s genteel county town was once a royal capital. Although its compact city centre is crammed with historic sights, the relaxed atmosphere that pervades Winchester’s pedestrianised High Street, leafy cathedral
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Rob Fuller
7am: I am up and about early each morning and begin my day (how else?) with a cup of tea. Like my fellow Yeoman Warders – or ‘Beefeaters’ – I live inside the Tower itself, so it’s a short commute to the office. I work closely with the Chief Yeoman Wa

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