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Norwich...the Athens of the east?
Norfolk's principal city is up against Birmingham, Sheffield and Derry to become the first UK City of Culture. Nick Coleman finds out why it thinks it can win
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WIN! A weekend for two in Edinburgh
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Enter our prize draw to win two nights' B&B in a deluxe room at the five-star Glasshouse.
To get ahead on the arts scene, go to Glasgow
Sunday, 21 March 2010
This city on the Clyde is an artistic powerhouse, but it retains a rough-edged cool. Norman Miller samples its varied galleries
Traveller's Guide To: South Downs
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Britain's 15th National Park comes into being this month, stretching from the woods of eastern Hampshire to the Seven Sisters cliffs in East Sussex. Fiona Sturges reports
Active Cumbria
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Llama treks, zip wires and giant hamster balls are spicing up the Lake District, says Rhiannon Batten
Mountain biking: Thrills, spills and cake
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Mountain bikers are flocking to the hills (and caf�s) of South Wales. By Chris Moran
Shambles voted Britain's prettiest street
Monday, 8 March 2010
York has come top of the Google Street View awards after its historic lane 'The Shambles', a tiny cobbled street which lies in the shadow of the city's famous Minster and dates back to the fourteenth century, was voted Britain's most picturesque street.
Pass the sunblock and rose-tinted spectacles
Sunday, 7 March 2010
A British break with added value that granny can come on, too. Is this the ultimate family holiday in 2010 asks Katy Holland
This Devon trail has definitely got the Exe factor
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Walk of the Month: Beautiful farmland, ancient oak woods, wild ponies, and red deer. Mark Rowe steps out in Exmoor
Dalby Forest's new World Cup trail
Saturday, 6 March 2010
The trail, which has been built at a cost of £100,000 by the Forestry Commission, is ready to host the UCI Mountain Biking World Cup Cross Country championships on 24 April.
Generosity abounds on the great wall of fire
Sunday, 28 February 2010
On 13 March, a line of light will blaze along Hadrian's Wall from coast to coast, Adrian Mourby and his son walked the route
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