Tom Naylor-Leyland is the founder and director of the Malton Food Lovers Festival. Tom’s family has owned land in and around the town for more than 300 years. He was happy to provide tips and suggestions relating to the town, which has an impressive array of pubs.
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My chances of ever being a winning jockey in the Kentucky Derby are beyond slim. And my waistline expanded beyond slim years ago.
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At Mile Castle 39 we were fortunate enough to see a newborn lamb take its first tottering steps. With the umbilical cord still dangling from its belly, the minutes’ old lamb was led out of the 1,900-year-old historic site by its mother.
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The Grand National has been a feature of Britain’s sporting calendar since February 1839. The horse race takes place at Aintree Racecourse, on the north-east fringe of Liverpool. Now run over a course with a length of four miles, three-and-a-half furlongs – that’s around 7.14 kilometres if you think in metric terms.
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Petra Shepherd provides an overview of what to expect when hiking The Pekoe Trail in Sri Lanka. Disclosure: Some of the links below and banners are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. “You can’t buy happiness but you can buy
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Belem’s close associations with Portugal’s Age of Discoveries make it an obvious choice as the location for the Museu da Marinha, the Portuguese National Maritime Museum.
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Meander through history-rich streets a couple of minutes’ walk from the cobbled square and you’ll stroll past the long-established workshops of luthiers, including that of Stefano Conio.
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Fire and Ice InDurham is a free-to-visit event. There's no need to pre-book tickets to attend the 2022 edition. The theme of the 2022 Fire and Ice festival is Science.
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Today I’m heading out to Fort Sumter National Monument to learn more about the events which sparked the American Civil War and to visit the site of its first battle.
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After most of the De Stijl artists died, it grew out to be one of the most important art movements in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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