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One Bath location that Jane Austen wrote about – criticising the houses as being too small – is New King Street. Come to number 19, in which several rooms recreate interiors in a typical 18th-century

My motives for this trip were varied. I was on the committee that vetted applications for the Ocean Cruising Club’s Challenge Grant when Project Manaia had applied for a grant to support their environ

This week’s dream: a little corner of Blighty ...

Although the dreary northern hemisphere winter weather is well and truly upon us, it’s not all doom and gloom because this is the time of year for dreaming about the great escape and signing up for th

If there is a place in heaven reserved for pianists who have been very, very good, then I am sure it must look a lot like Finchcocks. That’s the name of an awe-inspiring early 18th-century mansion. So

Celebrated pianist Arabella Goddard gained international acclaim during the 19th century. Born to an English expatriate family in Brittany in 1836, she had demonstrated an extraordinary talent for mus