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Titanic Spa is First Class
I hadn’t been on a spa break for years until my recent visit to the Titanic Spa, located near Huddersfield on the edge of the Pennines. What to expect? Would this be a relaxing weekend, or was it going to be more of a boot camp? What would the food be like and were portions going to be more healthy than satisfying? And would I come away feeling revitalised, or just a bit middle-aged and achy?
Top 10 Readers' Photographs - Great British Wildlife
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Flavours Festival awards dinner
TV presenter Jules Hudson, Herefordshire's newest resident celebrity, revealed the winners of the prestigious allpay Flavours of Herefordshire Awards 2013 at an awards dinner in atmospheric Lyde Court near Hereford
Wildlife
Wild about Essex
As a keen birder and wildlife enthusiast, and a native of south Essex, it’s fair to say that I’ve tended to overlook my home county over the years in favour of more ‘glamorous’ destinations further afield. And who can blame me? Quite apart from the persistent negative stereotypes, hanging heavy like a thick smog – from Essex Man to TOWIE – surely the rustic beauty of Suffolk or the sweeping vistas of the North Norfolk coast are eminently more appealing than urban and industrial Essex? Even in its more leafy parts, isn’t the wildlife of our county somewhat pedestrian, at least compared with other areas of the UK? And surely nature lovers, not to mention those seeking rural escapism and wild landscapes, simply need to venture beyond the confines of Essex?
First Humboldt penguin chicks of the year at Chester Zoo
This little fellow tipped the scales at just 66g when he was born at Chester Zoo. One of the first chicks of the year for the zoo’s colony of Humboldt penguins, he was christened Doctor. Why? Because zookeepers like to name each season’s chicks according to a theme. Last year it was British Olympic stars, this year Doctor Who. Tardis, Davros and Dalek followed swiftly on.
Didsbury residents fear that some of the natural delights on their doorstep are under threat
Words by carl nagaitis. photography by kirsty thompson
Beauty and the Beane
Elizabeth Hamilton, Campaign to Protect Rural England Hertfordshire chairman, continues her tour of the county’s environmentally-significant chalk streams with a walk along the Beane
New life for rare habitat
A defunct and neglected flood defence has been transformed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust into a haven for wetland wildlife. The trust’s Jenny Sherwen explains how the work will help rare species
Places
Flavours Festival awards dinner
TV presenter Jules Hudson, Herefordshire's newest resident celebrity, revealed the winners of the prestigious allpay Flavours of Herefordshire Awards 2013 at an awards dinner in atmospheric Lyde Court near Hereford
Karen Bowerman Discovers The Attractions of Glorious Glasgow
Glasgow is often referred to as Scotland's second city, known for its glorious art deco architecture, but little more beyond that. However, Glasgow has as many as 45 parks, earning it the ancient nickname the "dear green place"...