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Horton & Hinton Martell

This lovely winter walk takes in three delightful country churches as well as some fabulous views

Finding The Merry In Christmas

Have you lost your festive spirit? Try creating a Christmas celebration that comes from the heart

A Cool Yule In Blandford

From the town’s Yuletide Festival with fireworks to a Baroque Christmas concert

Dreaming Of A White Christmas

Maxine White and Ady White (not related) make Christmas happen. They’re possibly Suffolk’s closest thing to Santa’s elves.

Food From The Heart

It’s ten years since Justin Sharp opened Pea Porridge in Bury St Edmunds. He’s still proudly delighting customers with simple, satisfying seasonal food, brimful of flavour

An All Together English Walk

Lindsay Want takes a seasonal family stroll around the parklands of Huntingfield and Heveningham

Together Under The Stars

Naomi and Sarah celebrate a year of going wild by inviting followers to a twilight swim at Dunwich

12 Days Of Suffolk Christmas

Some Suffolk connections for a bit of festive fun

Walk This Way

It helps us reconnect with nature, lose a few pounds and reduce anxiety… and it’s free. What are you waiting for? Get walking!

Reigniting The Christmas Spirit

The festive season can be a difficult time for the older generation, but many retirement homes across the country are working to ensure that it continues to be merry.

Merry Bicester!

Anna Bailey encourages us to get into the festive spirit at Bicester’s historic town centre and ancient markets

Christmas Among The Caryatids

If you want to have the best experience when visiting a town, you ask a resident, of course. Cheltenham girl Anna Bailey takes us on a whistle-stop tour of her favourite (festive) haunts

Celebration, Prayer & Worship

For the Benedictine monks of Prinknash Abbey, Christmas is also a time to push the boat out

A Gothic Revival Christmas

The Feinsons’ handsome Victorian home in Cheltenham is perfectly suited for a traditional family Christmas

A winter tradition lives on

An ancient festive tradition is thriving in Somerset; CATHERINE COURTENAY meets the Langport Mummers

Walking in a WINTER WONDERLAND

Somerset Ramblers chairman LESLIE STATHER suggests some picturesque winter walking routes to help you work off that roast turkey

Top tips for buying the right tree

Getting the perfect Christmas tree for your home can be fraught with problems, but our handy guide from our Somerset expert should help

Growing festive greetings

PETER HARRIS meets the artist who designs greetings cards with a twist

All I want for CHRISTMAS...

Festive childhood memories often revolve around unwrapping that dream present – but what if you kept it and how much might it be worth today?

20 ways to discover the Magic of Bath at Christmas

With so many ways to embrace the spirit of Christmas in Bath, here are 20 ways to soak up the sights, smells and sounds of the festive season in the city

The Pope's Latin Teacher

Father Reginald Foster advised four Popes on Latin for 40 years. As he turns 80, he’s now teaching Katie Walker in his native Milwaukee

Sweet And Sour Days In Perugia

As a student, Elinor Goodman was bowled over by a charming American, who did the dirty on her. Fifty years later, he got in touch…

Happy LXth Birthday, Asterix!

As Asterix turns 60 and stars in a new book, Giles Coren hails the comic equal of Chaucer, Shakespeare and PG Wodehouse

A Telly Room Of Our Own

As Virginia Woolf ’s A Room of One’s Own turns 90, Mary Killen and Giles Wood from Gogglebox write about…

A Gay PC – When Being Gay Wasn't PC

Stephen Bourne remembers E M Forster’s lover, who befriended the Bloomsbury Group and inspired Dixon of Dock Green

How Did Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice Become A Christmas Story?

HO, HO, HO…how did Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice become a Christmas story? Devoney looser investigates

Jane's Beloved Friend

Judith Stove introduces her new biography of Anne Lefroy

Yves Saint Laurent

Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent revolutionised French fashion in the 1960s and his luxurious legacy lives on, says Heidi Fuller-love

Wish List Of Winter Wonders

Steve Mather hops across the Channel to experience the sights, sounds and scents of northern France’s finest Christmas markets

Rags To Riches

As France marks the centenary of Renoir’s death this year, Mark Stratton sets out to discover the places which inspired the incredible French Impressionist and the amazing oeuvre he has left behind