travel
Lorraine Worsley-Carter goes mad for Malta No one ever told me that Valletta, Malta’s capital, is so cool! We chose Valletta, voted 2018’s Capital of Culture, for another 48-hour escapade into another culture. Some might assume that, because of...
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A weekend in Barcelona usually guarantees a further future weekend will be planned – it is impossible to drink in the sights, tastes and culture of the cosmopolitan capital of Spain’s Catalonia region in just 48 hours. Freixenet Cava House...
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Lorraine Worsley-Carter takes a long-awaited trip to Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. I’ve long wanted to visit to the Unesco World Heritage site that is Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. I did not choose...
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On a city break to Copenhagen, Liz Ratcliffe discovers hygge might be the real secret to Danish happiness. I decided to book a city break for my partner’s birthday and wanted to go somewhere that neither of us had been to before. A Copenhagen city...
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Liz Ratcliffe takes her first trip to Lanzarote. Won over by the island’s geothermal charms she’s already thinking of going back. I wasn’t sure what sort of week I was going to spend in Lanzarote. I had heard the sayings: ‘Lanzarote –...
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One time Spanish resident, Lorraine Worsley-Carter spends a weekend exploring Bilbao. Northern Spain has been on our exploration list for a while, so a couple of days in Bilbao seemed a good place to start. Having lived in south east Spain and...
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After 30 years away, Liz Ratcliffe returns to her home city of Liverpool to find it as vibrant, fabulous and iconic as ever. Having just moved back to the north west, I decided it was time to reacquaint myself with what people have been telling me...
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When I booked a weekend in Milan for my husband’s Christmas present, I neglected to notice that the said booking would mean we would not be in the UK for International Women’s Day 2019. I am delighted to say that, as well as experiencing a fabulous...
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Snow-capped mountains, futuristic trains and the sweet smell of cherry blossom (sakura). Lorraine Worsley-Carter visits Japan in Springtime. If I would have visited a fortune teller when I was younger and been told that I would travel halfway around...
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Galleries across County Durham are hosting a year-long centenary focus on one of the North East’s most celebrated artists, Norman Cornish. Norman Cornish’s depiction of mining life in north east England captured the working heart of pitmen and their...
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Lorraine Worsley-Carter
Liz Ratcliffe
Carmel Thomason