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Sandy shores

Simone Hellyer explores Le Touquet and discovers a long history of English influence at the popular French seaside resort

RESURRECTION MAN

Sussex artist Ptolemy Elrington doesn’t mind people describing his work as rubbish. It is. Here, he reveals how he creates amazing animal sculptures from recycled waste

How Bazaar!

Surrealist art/fashion duo Rottingdean Bazaar have put the East Sussex village at the centre of their work

GOOD TIMES

Jewellery designer Alexa de Castilho’s Brighton home marries vintage pieces with the colour and glamour of her Brazilian upbringing

Town & Village Tales

Looking back on 15 years of town and village articles Ashley Franklin highlights some notable gems of life in Derbyshire

Fun in the forest

This route through the Ashdown Forest around Fairwarp uses sections of the Wealdway, a long-distance trail

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

'Watching butterflies at Hoe Grange is a fantastic and rewarding experience'

The seasons

Jon Flinn finds the first green shoots of spring in the woods by the coast at Crosby

Driving force

Bexhill-based racing driver Ben Stiles has his eye on pole position after winning a national championship last year. Simone Hellyer finds out what it takes to make it in motorsport

Taking to the hills

The second highest plateau in the Peak District is home to stunning scenery, wild weather, wreckage from a tragic aeroplane crash and a world-famous path – as well as being on the frontline of the battle against pollution. Peter Naldrett visits the peaty summit of Bleaklow

The masterpiece mill

This landmark building in Barrowford was saved by the community and it is now weaving a new magic for art lovers from across the north.

Dam fine

Beavers will return to Sussex for the first time in 400 years as part of a trial in West Sussex

In the valley of Combs

Mike Smith visits the idyllic secluded village near Chapel-en-le-Frith and bounded by the high gritstone hills of Castle Naze, Combs Moss and Ladder Hill

TAKE A RABLE BY THE RIBBLE

Explore the countryside around Ribchester on this glorious springtime walk

Clean beauty

Brighton businesswoman Monica Norley is empowering Ugandan women with albinism by teaching them the skills she learnt from building her Visionary Soap Company

LET'S MOVE TO: CALDERDALE

Neighbourhood know-how, places and people

How sweet it is! Derbyshire – a chocolate heaven

Catherine Roth visits two of the county’s most successful chocolatiers – Holdsworth Chocolates of Bakewell and Barry Colenso

Finding her own way

After splitting from her partner, Pippa Nixon has gone to town re-decorating the home they shared in Urmston and has found her own style in the process

AN ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN

Enjoy the large gardens, woodland and lake walks as spring emerges at Sienna Wood in East Grinstead

CRICKET LOVELY CRICKET

As Derbyshire County Cricket Club celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2020, Nigel Powlson looks back at a long history of being the underdog and having to battle against the odds to bring success back home

April Follies: WIRKSWORTH to CHATSWORTH

Feel the joys of spring on this jolly jaunt visiting some of Derbyshire’s finest follies – from the star disc of Wirksworth to the Hunting Tower of Chatsworth, via Birchover’s Druid Caves!

County culture boost

Lancashire is preparing a county-wide bid to be the UK’s City of Culture in 2025

All well... and good

After a career in fashion Pentrich-born Jayn Sterland returned to her roots and is now Managing Director of Weleda UK – the world renowned producers of natural cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Catherine Roth catches up with her at the Ilkeston headquarters

A NEW FIGHT

Penrith’s Charlotte Jarvis has gone from bullied schoolgirl to boxing champ, beauty queen and firefighter

A Viking Quest

Dr Gareth Williams, British Museum curator and expert on the history and archaeology of the Vikings and of Tutbury Castle, advised on a recent case concerning the illegal break-up of a Viking hoard of ‘national importance’.

A LODGE with a view

The Duchess of Rutland has taken inspiration from the surrounding moorland for her splendid refurbishment of Moscar Lodge near Bamford. She tells Catherine Roth about the project

WIN a two-night country pub break

We’ve teamed up with Red Mist Leisure to offer one lucky reader a break for two at their pubs in Surrey and Hampshire with breakfast, dinner, a tour of Silent Pool distillery and a £60 voucher thrown in

VOLCANIC ADVENTURES

Simone Hellyer heads to the volcanic isle of Tenerife for sun, sea and cycling

THE MIND BEHIND THE MYTH

On the 200th anniversary of the death of King George III, Kew Palace invites us to discover the real man behind the myth. Claire Saul learns more

SURREY FRILLS

Hills, wood and country pubs, our county is known for a lot of things and now, thanks to one mum and daughter duo, it has gained a position on the fashion map