Antigua & Barbuda
Claim to fame Cricketers. Despite its diminutive size, the country has produced a large number of great players, including Sir Andy Roberts, Sir Viv Richards and Sir Richie Richardson. Don’t miss The annual mango festival, held in July and packed with fruit, but also mango jams, candles, ice creams and even wine. Residents past or present Almost too many to count, from local writer Jamaica Kincaid to Italian designer Giorgio Armani and, among the British, Ken Follett, Timothy Dalton and Eric Clapton. Boxer Maurice Hope came from Antigua to London—and on to the 1972 Olympics.
The Bahamas
Claim to fame The world’s largest underwater sculpture (Jason deCaires Taylor’s 18ft-tall Ocean Atlas, off the coast of New Providence), plus a sequence of almost records, from the the second-deepest sea-water sinkhole (the 663ft Dean’s Blue Hole, off Long Island), to the third-largest barrier reef (around Andros Island) and even the third-largest wine cellar: part of the Graycliff Hotel in Nassau, it had originally been built as a jail. The islands are also ‘almost’ part of the Caribbean: although they belong to the Caribbean Community organisation, they are not in the Caribbean Sea.
Don’t miss Big Major Cay, a beach in the Exuma Cays, home to a herd of swimming pigs.
Residents past or present Olympic sportsmen and women—in Tokyo, the Bahamas ranked second for gold medals per capita —and film stars: Sir Sidney Poitier was brought up in the Bahamas and many have bought homes on the islands, from the late Sir Sean Connery to Eddie Murphy and John Travolta.
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Kitchen garden cook - Apples
'Sweet and crisp, apples are the epitome of autumn flavour'
The original Mr Rochester
Three classic houses in North Yorkshire have come to the market; the owner of one inspired Charlotte Brontë to write Jane Eyre
Get it write
Desks, once akin to instruments of torture for scribes, have become cherished repositories of memories and secrets. Matthew Dennison charts their evolution
'Sloes hath ben my food'
A possible paint for the Picts and a definite culprit in tea fraud, the cheek-suckingly sour sloe's spiritual home is indisputably in gin, says John Wright
Souvenirs of greatness
FOR many years, some large boxes have been stored and forgotten in the dark recesses of the garage. Unpacked last week, the contents turned out to be pots: some, perhaps, nearing a century old—dense terracotta, of interesting provenance.
Plants for plants' sake
The garden at Hergest Croft, Herefordshire The home of Edward Banks The Banks family is synonymous with an extraordinary collection of trees and shrubs, many of which are presents from distinguished friends, garnered over two centuries. Be prepared to be amazed, says Charles Quest-Ritson
Capturing the castle
Seventy years after Christian Dior’s last fashion show in Scotland, the brand returned under creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri for a celebratory event honouring local craftsmanship, the beauty of the land and the Auld Alliance, explains Kim Parker
Nature's own cathedral
Our tallest native tree 'most lovely of all', the stately beech creates a shaded environment that few plants can survive. John Lewis-Stempel ventures into the enchanted woods
All that money could buy
A new book explores the lost riches of London's grand houses. Its author, Steven Brindle, looks at the residences of plutocrats built by the nouveaux riches of the late-Victorian and Edwardian ages
In with the old
Diamonds are meant to sparkle in candlelight, but many now gather dust in jewellery boxes. To wear them today, we may need to reimagine them, as Hetty Lintell discovers with her grandmother's jewellery
