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    Your Letters
    The latest wonderful and much-appreciated issue of BRITAIN magazine [Vol 92 Issue 1] arrived today. Reading the excellent article on Cheshire brought tears to my eyes for several reasons. My wife and I were married in Canada in 1966 and flew the foll
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    A Luxury Stay In A Historic London Hotel
    Steeped in history, The Bailey’s Hotel is a charming spot in the heart of London’s fashionable South Kensington. Step inside this grand redbrick townhouse to discover an opulent Victorian atrium and a sweeping staircase that leads up five storeys to
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    Little Wonder
    With its battlements and eight round towers, Edward I’s awesome Conwy Castle is a big tourist attraction, but it is to see a far more novel and diminutive building that many visitors come to this riverside North Wales town. At the southeast end of a
    Britain4 min read
    James Nason Of Pitchford Hall
    BRITAIN: What’s the first thing you do in the morning at Pitchford? James: The first thing I do is walk around with a big bunch of keys and make sure everything in the house is ok. Every historic house owner will do the same. You’re almost wedded to
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    On the Whisky Trail
    Wedged between the shimmering waters of the Moray Firth in the north and the brooding bulk of the Cairngorm Mountains in the south, Speyside is characterised by the wide, meandering River Spey that lends its name to the area. Skinny-legged trees line
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    The Bulletin
    A vibrant new exhibition at Harewood House in Yorkshire will burst into life this spring, celebrating the story of colour through objects and artworks from Harewood House’s impressive collection of paintings, furniture and ceramics. The special exhib
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    Lost In The Lakes
    On each visit to the Lake District, my curiosity about this hallowed landscape so eulogized by the poets – “the loveliest spot that man hath ever found”, said William Wordsworth – has been piqued. How, though, to see it all, not as a serious climber,
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    Brighton
    A relaxing promenade along Brighton’s iconic Victorian seafront is an essential start to any visit to the city. Though it was once a small Saxon fishing village, in the 18th century Dr Richard Russell, a physician and author of a treatise on the heal
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    POMP & CEREMONY
    Foot Guards from the Household Division marching in their red tunics and bearskin hats for the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace is a must-see for any visitor to London. Household Troops have guarded the sovereign and royal palaces since 166
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    Great Savings When You Subscribe
    SAVE UP TO 38%* Annual subscription to Britain magazine:  UK £21.95 | Europe €43.95 | Australia $68.95 US $45 | Canada $55 | Rest of World £37.95 The authoritative voice on UK heritage, history, travel and culture Stunning photography that brings ico
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    Stately Secrets
    “D-Day has come,” a BBC newsreader told Britons early on 6 June 1944, Allied forces having launched the largest invasion in history across the Channel in Northern France. Involving 156,000 troops, 11,590 aircraft and almost 7,000 vessels, ‘Operation
    Britain4 min read
    Bradford On Avon
    In the Bridge Tea Rooms in Bradford on Avon, smiling waitresses in mop caps and frilly aprons serve scones with jam and clotted cream in the cosiest of dining rooms, overspilling with trinkets. Sit down for a cup of tea in this former blacksmith’s co
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    Editor’s Letter
    We’ve travelled to the furthest reaches of the British Isles this issue to bring you page after page of beautiful landscapes and stirring stories. First, to the island of Jersey, whose French street names and balmy weather belie a proudly British spi
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    Britain
    Editor Natasha Foges Art Editor Petra Manley-Leach Assistant Editor Henrietta Easton Group Sales Director Catherine Chapman Head of Sales Operations Jodie Green Advertising Manager Daisy Welch Senior Sales Executive Melissa Arancio Managing Director
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    Story Of An Island
    Tucked into the Bay of Saint-Malo, the Channel Islands may sit tête-à-tête with the coast of France, but these magical islands are resolutely British. The archipelago became part of the Anglo-Norman realm when William the Conqueror became King of Eng
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    Life BELOW STAIRS
    Kensington Palace has become famous for glittering exhibitions of court glamour, yet it has always taken a vast backstage crew to create and maintain such opulence. The palace’s next major show may not sparkle with diamonds or rustle with taffeta, bu
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    BELLS & WHISTLES
    In February 1599, for a wager, the acclaimed Shakespearian comic actor Will Kemp danced every step of the 125 miles from London to Norwich. With him went Thomas Slye, playing a tabor, Kemp’s servant William Bee, and George Sprat, ‘overseer’. The thes
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    SHAKESPEARE In The COWSHED
    Outside there’s a face-stinging January easterly wind freezing the ardour of would-be Romeos and Juliets. Radiators are superfluous in the crowded audition hall, which hums with hope and anticipation. All are momentarily silenced by the Lady Bracknel
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    Anglesey
    Jutting into the Irish Sea and separated from mainland Wales by the Menai Strait, Anglesey has been an unspoilt beacon of Welsh heritage throughout history. In fact, you may well still hear more Welsh than English here. One particular village on the
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    Top Of The Class
    So wrote the poet James Thomson of Stowe House, the former home of the Temple family near Buckingham, in 1730. He was right – Stowe is majestic, and it is a paradise. With 400 rooms, it is extraordinary to think that one family once lived at Stowe, s
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    A Luxurious Stay On A Historic Estate
    Berkshire is known for its royal connections, and Monkey Island, near the village of Bray, is no exception: King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra often had tea on the lawns here. Now one lucky reader and their guest can feel like royalty with a special
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    Go East
    With its long stretches of sand and shingle beach, historic towns and villages and thriving wildlife, the Suffolk coast’s saltwater-lapped shores are an enchanting place to spend a few days. Fringing the very eastern edge of England, over the years t
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    Your Letters
    I love your magazine and look forward to every copy. As an expat who has lived in California for over 40 years I eagerly await every edition and many of your articles evoke happy memories of times gone by. But this one in particular brought to mind a
    Britain6 min read
    COUNTY of KINGS
    What makes a county royal? Berkshire was designated England’s only royal county by Queen Elizabeth II in 1958; Windsor Castle, her favourite residence, lay within its boundaries. But Berkshire’s royal connections don’t end there. William, Prince of W
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    The Husband Hunters
    Hit period drama The Buccaneers, an adaptation of Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel, follows five spirited American heiresses in pursuit of aristocratic English husbands in the tightly-corseted 1870s. When Wharton wrote her book, she was reporti
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    Royal Pastimes
    King Charles III is renowned for being a champion of organic, environmentally friendly farming, and for his green-fingered love of gardening. Less well known is his passion for traditional hedgelaying: a craft he has practised on more than 15 miles o
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    Great Savings When You Subscribe
    SAVE UP TO 38%* Annual subscription to Britain magazine: UK £21.95 | Europe €43.95 | Australia $68.95  US $45 | Canada $55 | Rest of World £37.95 • The authoritative voice on UK heritage, history, travel and culture • Stunning photography that brings
    Britain1 min read
    Editor’s Letter
    As the days lengthen, our thoughts always turn to the seaside. This issue we explore the beautiful Suffolk coast (p14), where you’ll find a string of characterful towns and villages (not to mention England’s best fish and chips). We also delve into t
    Britain1 min read
    Britain
    Editor Natasha Foges Art Editor Petra Manley-Leach Assistant Editor Henrietta Easton Group Sales Director Catherine Chapman Head of Sales Operations Jodie Green Advertising Manager Daisy Welch Senior Sales Executive Melissa Arancio Managing Director
    Britain3 min read
    Small But Mighty
    On 21 April 1930, Princess Elizabeth received a very special gift from her paternal grandfather, George V – a Shetland pony named Peggy. Hitherto she had contented herself with wheeled toy horses. Now, aged four, she ascended the saddle, and a lifelo

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