Visit: Tilbury Fort
Independent review If you know anything about Essex, I’m sure when you see or hear the word Tilbury, your heart doesn’t exactly leap in excitement. Today, it’s a fairly bleak industrial town, famous for its docks, now decommissioned power station,…
Why the English Love Tea
It’s a well known stereotype that all English people speak like the Queen, have bucked teeth, and love tea. Real tea – a full bodied English breakfast tea. None of that iced tea, ginger and honey, chai stuff, no, real…
What To Do At Sutton Hoo
Independent review Situated at the edge of the Suffolk Coast and country Area of National Beauty, Sutton Hoo is one of Britain’s most important historical locations. Although it doesn’t have the mystique of Stonehenge, or sheer vastness of Hadrian’s Wall,…
Travel Diary: Visiting Canterbury
Canterbury is a city recognised in history as a site of pilgrimage. In Medieval England, people would travel to visit the shrine of the murdered Archbishop Thomas Becket, which was immortalised in Chaucer’s epic poem, The Canterbury Tales. We only…
7 Reasons You Should Watch a Play at Shakespeare’s Globe
Always thought Shakespeare was a bit rubbish? See if my 7 reasons to see a play at Shakespeare's Globe convinces you to give him another chance.
Grief: You’re Never Alone
February can be a difficult month for a lot of people. The days are cold and still dark; we’re still suffering from the expense of Christmas; we’re still catching infections left, right and centre. Some of us lose family members.…
