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Exploring Oxfordshire – spires, villages and the art of looking clever

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026October 16, 2025

A panoramic view of Oxford’s historic city centre showing the Radcliffe Camera’s domed roof in the foreground, surrounded by the ornate spires and towers of All Souls College and other university buildings under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

Oxfordshire has long perfected the art of looking effortlessly clever. This is where honey-coloured buildings meet ancient libraries, punts drift under low bridges, and grand …

People punting on the River Cam in Cambridge, with lush green lawns, weeping willows, and historic college buildings in the background on a sunny day in Cambridgeshire, England.

Cambridgeshire is where England gets quietly clever

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026October 2, 2025

Tucked into the East of England, Cambridgeshire is one of those counties that manages to feel ancient, flat and faintly intellectual all at once. The …

Aerial view of central Birmingham showing the modern Selfridges building with its curved silver façade covered in circular discs beside the historic St Martin’s Church, surrounded by shoppers and city streets

City Breaks Historic Cities

Birmingham, the city that built everything and brags about nothing

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026September 19, 2025

Birmingham doesn’t always shout about itself. That’s one big reason why I like it so much. While London blares and Manchester struts, Brum gets on …

A panoramic view of Cardiff Bay with a sailboat in the foreground, the waterfront lined with modern buildings, the red-brick Pierhead Building, the Wales Millennium Centre, and a large Ferris wheel, with the city skyline and stadium visible in the background under a clear blue sky

City Breaks Historic Cities

Cardiff for the curious, a capital with character

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026September 18, 2025

There are capital cities that feel like they are performing for you and there are others that simply invite you in for a chat and …

Winchester Cathedral illuminated at night with vibrant purple, pink, and blue lights highlighting its grand Gothic façade, tall arched windows, and intricate stonework against the dark sky

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Winchester Cathedral: A thousand years of faith and stone

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026September 16, 2025

Few buildings in England carry the weight of history quite like Winchester Cathedral. Rising above the old capital of Anglo-Saxon England, it has stood for …

View of Pulteney Bridge in Bath, England, spanning the River Avon with its elegant Georgian architecture. The bridge is lined with historic stone buildings, and the surrounding cityscape features honey-coloured terraces, a church spire, and rolling hills in the background under a soft, partly cloudy sky

City Breaks Historic Cities

Bath and the art of soaking in history

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026September 9, 2025

There are towns where you feel the centuries in the cobblestones, and then there is Bath, where history practically runs a hot tap and invites …

Kenwood House, a grand 18th-century stately home with white neoclassical façade, set in green parkland on Hampstead Heath in London

Historic Attractions Historic Houses and Halls

Kenwood House: art, architecture and Hampstead Heath views

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026September 6, 2025

Perched at the edge of Hampstead Heath, with sweeping views that have tempted generations of painters, poets and daydreamers, Kenwood House is one of London’s …

View of Lincoln Cathedral with historic half-timbered houses and red-brick buildings on Steep Hill, Lincoln, England

City Breaks Historic Cities

Lincoln, a cathedral, a castle and a rather persistent imp

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026September 5, 2025

There are some places where history whispers. In Lincoln, it bellows from every cobbled street, turreted wall and medieval nook. Perched on a steep hill …