The peaks around Church Stretton put Victorian tourists in mind of the Swiss Alps – and that tranquillity still exerts a strong pull
10 of the best hotels for a British city break
Designer hotels, chic boutiques and arty boltholes for getaways from Bristol to Edinburgh
Sealife and surfing in Scotland: the wide-open spaces of Tiree
The Inner Hebrides isle known as the Hawaii of the North is home to shimmering white sands, powerful landscapes and a new boutique hotel
How the yeti was named.
How did the Yeti receive its name?
Find out in this book – available at a discount until 10th September.
You can also read:
- an obituary of a WWII flying ace who fell off a mountain along with his guide dog
- a rejection letter sent to William Shakespeare about Hamlet
- an updated rendering of the Three Musketeers
- the true meaning of words such as aroma, portfolio, and drastic
How the yeti was named.
How did the Yeti receive its name?
Find out in this book – available at a discount until 10th September.
You can also read:
- an obituary of a WWII flying ace who fell off a mountain along with his guide dog
- a rejection letter sent to William Shakespeare about Hamlet
- an updated rendering of the Three Musketeers
- the true meaning of words such as aroma, portfolio, and drastic
The Whitsun Weddings – Philip Larkin
Do you ever finish a book of poems? No.
Will I go back and read these poems in a year’s time and re-read this review? Yes.
Lines that are particularly memorable right now.
From Toads Revisited:
Nowhere to go but indoors
No friends but empty chairs
From Ignorance:
Strange to know nothing, never to be sure
Of what is true or right or real,
But forced to qualify or so I feel,
Or Well, it does seem so:
Someone must know.
What will the choices be next year? They’ll be different that’s all I know.
Julian Worker is a writer of travel books, mystery stories, and fictional lists. His work can be seen here.
How the yeti was named.
How did the Yeti receive its name?
Find out in this book – available at a discount until 10th September.
You can also read:
- an obituary of a WWII flying ace who fell off a mountain along with his guide dog
- a rejection letter sent to William Shakespeare about Hamlet
- an updated rendering of the Three Musketeers
- the true meaning of words such as aroma, portfolio, and drastic
Why Tebay is ‘the motorway service station from heaven’
For 50 years, the Cumbrian services on the M6 – now featured in a TV documentary – has been a lifeline for local producers and farmers
How the yeti was named.
How did the Yeti receive its name?
Find out in this book – available at a discount until 10th September.
You can also read:
- an obituary of a WWII flying ace who fell off a mountain along with his guide dog
- a rejection letter sent to William Shakespeare about Hamlet
- an updated rendering of the Three Musketeers
- the true meaning of words such as aroma, portfolio, and drastic
A travel book like no other
These places will NOT be found an any map or in any atlas.
This book describes a large number of little-known tourist sights from around the world. A book for the discerning traveller who has been everywhere else.
Read about the earwax museum called Monsieur Tussauds in London and the unhappy beaches of The Maldives. Discover small islands in the Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean. Read reviews of little-known museums in England and Canada.
East Uist, just to the West of South Uist, is a mysterious place. In amongst the peat bogs, crow-filled craggy peaks and lochans, archaeologists have found evidence of stone circles and cromlechs that were built on artificial platforms about two inches in height. The theory is that the people of East Uist were practising their skills gradually and learning from their mistakes on smaller projects, before heading off to the Orkney Islands where much larger and higher platforms were required.
When Captain James Cook sailed around the world, he must have been feeling extremely hungry. This can be the only explanation for the number of places he named after the humble sandwich. In no particular order, they are as follows:
Sandwich Islands was the name given to Hawaii.
South Sandwich Islands, an archipelago, part of the British overseas territory of ‘South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’ in the south Atlantic Ocean.
Sandwich Island, a former name of the uninhabited atoll Manuae in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
Sandwich Island, a former name of Efate Island in The Republic of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean.
