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Competition winner: 100 reasons to look
forward to London 2012

Monday, May 14, 2012

The reason we missed, by the winner of a pair of London 2012 tickets

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Food & Drink Blog

Five of the best places to drink tea in London

Friday, May 11, 2012

Brits drink 165 million cups of tea daily. Here is our pick of the top places in London to enjoy a cuppa

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Adventure Blog

Denise Lewis: the UK's Olympic Torchbearers

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Two months to go until London 2012... High Life's columnist gets set to welcome the Olympic Torch Relay into the UK and remembers her own part in this historic — and thrilling — occasion

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On Assignment Blog

In search of wildlife in Banff National Park

Monday, September 12, 2011

Bears, elk, bison, even cougars. The list of wildlife I was told I might see in the rugged Canadian province of Alberta sounded, to a dedicated Londoner, wildly exciting

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Why I Love

Portrait of 
a city: Amsterdam

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Writer Mike Gayle on throwing away the guidebook and exploring friendly Amsterdam on foot

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I'll be packing

I'll be packing: James Cracknell

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Olympic rower and adventurer James Cracknell reveals what’s in his suitcase

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Hotels & Spa Blog

Six soothing jet lag treatments

Monday, May 7, 2012

London's spas are on hand to revive your senses

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Shopping Blog

10 of the best royal buys for the Diamond Jubilee

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

The best souvenirs and sparklers to help you cheer the monarch through her Diamond Jubilee

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UK Blog

Royal London: The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned at Hampton Court Palace

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Think Hampton Court Palace is all vengeful Tudors and flower shows? A portrait exhibition celebrating the 17th century's most scandalous courtesans will make you think again, says Lucy Thackray

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John Simpson

Letter from Venice

Monday, May 14, 2012

'Venetians,' said my guidebook, in that irritating know-it-all way guidebooks can have, 'forget that the outside world exists. They talk as though Venice is the only place on earth that counts.' I didn't believe it for a minute

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Notes from a Traveller

Notes from a traveller: Florence Welch

Thursday, May 10, 2012

The Florence + the Machine singer talks persistent paparazzi and luxe flightwear

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