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York is growing its reputation as a city of ghosts, wizards and the bizarre – with businesses capitalising on all things magic. Ahead of Halloween Maxine Gordon falls under its spell

There’s nothing like a good walk to blow the cobwebs away. Lisa Kjellsson experiences the power of pilgrimage in majestic Yorkshire surroundings

Its name sounds romantically dangerous, but is WILD BOAR FELL a beast or a beauty?

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Fantasy author JRR Tolkien’s mythological Middle Earth takes inspiration from a number of places in Gloucestershire and the West Midlands. Tolkien frequently visited the Forest of Dean and its tempera

I’ve just returned from three magical days in the Lake District. Craggy mountains, mist over the fells, and the gentle hum of a Herdwick sheep or two. I stayed near Hill Top, once home to Beatrix Pott