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  • OUT OF OFFICE

    September 21, 2009

    OUR CLASS AT THE NATIONAL THEATREOpening tomorrow, the National ‘s latest show examines the experience of growing up in Poland in the shadow of World War II. It begins in 1925 with a class of Jewish and Catholic schoolchildren who declare their ambitions in life – film star, pilot, doctor. As they grow up first Soviet, [...]

  • Bank on Green’s for top-notch nosh

    September 21, 2009

    Green’s Restaurant and Oyster Bar14 Cornhill, London, EC3V 3NDTel: 020 7220 6300FOODSERVICEATMOSPHERECost per person without wine: £35 THERE are precious few dinings rooms in the City with the “cor blimey” factor, so the news that a new restaurant was opening in the old Lloyds Banking Hall set us nodding like the dog on the Churchill [...]

  • OTHER TOP OYSTER RESTAURANTS

    September 21, 2009

    WRIGHT BROSBorough Market can be a bit variable, but this venerable (well, seven-year-old) oyster bar is one that you can guarantee to deliver, especially when there’s an R in the month. It’s a good bet if you like a bit of difference with your oysters, too: try the plate of three with wasabi. 11 Stoney [...]

  • For a British break with a twist, stay in a historic house

    September 20, 2009

    HAVE you ever slept in a Tudor folly? I have, and very enjoyable it is too. Thanks to the Landmark Trust, the building conservation scheme that uses proceeds from guests to renovate and maintain old buildings, I stayed in one near Ipswich this summer. Organisations like the Landmark Trust and the National Trust, which also [...]

  • For a British break with a twist, stay in a historic house

    September 20, 2009

    HAVE you ever slept in a Tudor folly? I have, and very enjoyable it is too. Thanks to the Landmark Trust, the building conservation scheme that uses proceeds from guests to renovate and maintain old buildings, I stayed in one near Ipswich this summer. Organisations like the Landmark Trust and the National Trust, which also [...]

  • A Tudor folly with five floors, a great local and superlative views

    September 20, 2009

    FRESTON Tower is located on the River Orwell near Ipswich – from its rooftop you can see the cargo ships approaching from miles off, making their leisurely way to and from the dramatic Orwell Bridge. The tower was built in 1578 by a wealthy Ipswich merchant called Thomas Gooding, though the exact reason for its [...]

  • A Tudor folly with five floors, a great local and superlative views

    September 20, 2009

    FRESTON Tower is located on the River Orwell near Ipswich – from its rooftop you can see the cargo ships approaching from miles off, making their leisurely way to and from the dramatic Orwell Bridge. The tower was built in 1578 by a wealthy Ipswich merchant called Thomas Gooding, though the exact reason for its [...]

  • For peace, nothing beats a lighthouse

    September 20, 2009

    ON arriving at Bull Point lighthouse and its keepers’ cottages, we were left in no doubt as to why this spectacular spot on the north Devon cliffs was chosen for a lighthouse. The views out over the Bristol Channel are wonderful and on a clear day you can see both the Welsh coast and Lundy [...]

  • For peace, nothing beats a lighthouse

    September 20, 2009

    ON arriving at Bull Point lighthouse and its keepers’ cottages, we were left in no doubt as to why this spectacular spot on the north Devon cliffs was chosen for a lighthouse. The views out over the Bristol Channel are wonderful and on a clear day you can see both the Welsh coast and Lundy [...]

  • GREAT ESCAPES

    September 20, 2009

    Gothic Temple, BucksThis exquisite temple was built in 1741 and now belongs to Stowe School. It has one of the most important and beautiful landscape gardens in the country: it is one of the last additions to the garden at Stowe formed for Lord Cobham by Charles Bridgeman and his successor, William Kent. That same [...]

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