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Glasgow from shipbuilding grit to cultural grit

Updated on August 5, 2025August 5, 2025

Night view of the Glasgow waterfront featuring the illuminated SEC Armadillo and OVO Hydro venues, with the historic Finnieston Crane and reflections on the River Clyde.

Glasgow doesn’t always get the press it deserves. Edinburgh has the skyline and the castle and the festival that turns the city into a human …

Sunset over the Lincolnshire Wolds, with golden light bathing gently rolling hills, patchwork fields, and scattered trees. Layers of hedgerows and farmland stretch into the hazy distance under a glowing orange sky.

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Lincolnshire: Big Skies, Bigger Surprises

Updated on July 10, 2025July 10, 2025

If you head out into the east of England and keep going, eventually the hills run out, the roads get long and straight, and you …

Two knights in full armour jousting on horseback at Warwick Castle, watched by a crowd behind red and gold banners on a sunny day.

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Warwick Castle, A Thousand Years of Power and Pageantry

Updated on July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

Warwick Castle is one of the finest and most complete medieval castles in England. Set on a bend in the River Avon, this towering fortress …

Aerial view of The Deep aquarium in Hull, East Yorkshire, with its distinctive angular glass-and-steel architecture jutting out over the River Humber. The surrounding cityscape features a mix of historic buildings, modern developments, and the Humber waterfront under a clear blue sky.

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Why Hull deserves a second look

Updated on July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

Hull is the sort of place that gets described with a smirk or a shrug. People think they know it, or think they don’t want …

Historic painting of the House of Commons in the late 18th century, showing a crowded parliamentary session with men in period dress seated on benches and gathered around a central table. A speaker stands addressing the chamber while others listen attentively. The scene captures the era of William Wilberforce and the abolition debates, with candlelight illuminating the ornate wooden interior and royal crest above the speaker's chair.

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William Wilberforce, The Relentless Reformer

Updated on July 8, 2025July 8, 2025

William Wilberforce was the unlikely powerhouse behind one of Britain’s greatest moral victories – the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. A politician, philanthropist and …

Sign for the National Football Museum in Manchester featuring the words "Drama", "History", and "Skill" in bold colours, with the museum’s modern glass-fronted building rising behind it against a clear blue sky

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Manchester has always liked to do things its own way

July 5, 2025July 5, 2025

The first time you arrive in Manchester, it can feel a bit like standing at a party where everyone else is already halfway through a …

Aerial view of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, surrounded by lush green trees and situated beside the calm River Avon, with the town and rolling countryside stretching into the distance under a blue sky.

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Stratford-upon-Avon beyond the Shakespeare connection

Updated on July 3, 2025July 3, 2025

Why there’s more to love here than just the Bard Stratford-upon-Avon is, of course, famously the birthplace of one William Shakespeare. And while that fact …