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Wandering around Hereford on my first morning in the area, I soon come to realise this is a friendly city. I live in an equally friendly city; a place where, when I leave my house to go to the superma

‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’. Those words begin one of my very favourite books, The Go-Between, by LP Hartley and, standing in the main street of Malvern, I couldn

“I still chase women, but only downhill.” One of my favourite Bob Hope jokes (told when he was 70). The hilarious Road to... films, in which he starred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, were requir

Jim Perrin conjures more Eryri magic, folding time on a lesser-known scramble to Wales’ highest peak

It’s the busiest time of year for Britain’s beautiful places. Yet as these locations prove, you can find silence, sensational scenery and space to breathe.

For a sporty break close to home, head to one of the UK’s best outdoor adventure playgrounds, Wales. Writer Donna Richardson makes two active stops