Five miles downriver from London Bridge, time begins. Here, outside the hilltop Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, is the Prime Meridian, also known as Longitude Zero, the point from which international time has been measured si..
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Never mind weekends away at luxury hotels or mountain biking, why not follow in the footsteps of your favourite rock musicians in England? The UK tourist board has just published England Rocks, a map cataloguing over 100 places li..
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“Fish‘n’Chips”, often regarded as a popular British working class dish, is now moving upmarket reports Nikki Spencer.
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The countdown has begun for the opening of the 21st century's first mega-station. St Pancras International represents a radical break with the pejorative image of a 'station hall'. A meeting place and a grand retail and hospitalit..
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The banks of the Thames at Richmond are still natural in places, conferring a wonderful countrified atmosphere to this site so close to the capital.
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Nurseries, an Australian lady from Sydney, old-fashioned roses, Indian tapestries, a rustic and bobo atmosphere, secateurs, bulbs and choice gastronomic products... Lunch in an English garden.
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Tired of the incessant buzz of the centre of London? Located further up the Thames and accessible by tube, Richmond offers a marvellous breather thanks to its immense royal park. This peaceful borough of Greater London, popular wi..
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Tired of the incessant buzz of the centre of London? Located further up the Thames and accessible by tube, Richmond offers a marvellous breather thanks to its immense royal park. This peaceful borough of Greater London, popular wi..
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