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We have so many options for Christmas shopping nowadays but there was a time when it was only by peeping...
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Over the past two years, the National Trust has been carefully planning the future of Bath’s iconic Assembly Rooms. Through...
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This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, and Bath is gearing up to celebrate. While it’s no...
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Bath’s long-standing passion for tennis takes centre stage this summer in a new exhibition at the Museum of Bath at...
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Think of Jane Austen and you might imagine a solitary literary icon writing her books and penning letters in her...
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Nailsworth, only a 45-minute drive from Bath, is one of Gloucestershire’s best-kept secrets. Andrew Swift uncovers a succession of fascinating...
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This month marks 62 years since The Beatles came to Bath. Just as Beatlemania was reaching its peak, John, Paul,...
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When the first Horrible Histories book was published in 1993, writer Terry Deary and illustrator Martin Brown couldn’t have imagined...
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An OUV is an Outstanding Universal Value, and Bath has got six of them within its two UNESCO World Heritage...
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Bath Abbey’s collection of monuments is on a par with those in Westminster Abbey, and its wall tablets and ledgerstones...
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From revenge-seeking Roman curse tablets to Jane Austen’s witty, acerbic letters, writing messages has long been a powerful way of...
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Why is everyone so obsessed with Jane Austen? She only wrote six books, after all, so what’s the big deal?...