Sites for a... cracking christmas

Eye Kettleby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE14 2TN T 01664 565900 W eyekettlebylakes.com OPEN All year Eye Kettleby Lakes offers a peaceful, open-all-year retreat in the heart of the Leicestershire

Mill House, Bridgetown, Dulverton, Somerset TA22 9JN T 01643 851432 W exevalleycamping.co.uk OPEN 14 March – 12 October This campsite is nestled in a serene wooded valley within Exmoor National Park,

“ I met Charles Dickens today, except he had clearly been so busy working on The Mystery of Edwin Drood that he had fallen asleep, so I didn’t get to speak to him!” I laughingly proclaimed to Ro when

Revisit the past with these nostalgic holidays

Autumn is a wonderful time for a holiday on the coast. The crowds have gone, the sea is still warm and the sunsets are beautiful. Paul Miles rounds up some of the best trips to enjoy at this time of year

A bit like the Romans, what has the West Midlands ever given us? The list is, actually, lengthy. The electric kettle, the vacuum cleaner, the game of rugby. Chocolate bars, the oldest independent mint