Tag: York

August 8, 2024

Two Books (Connected by a Quote) & Many Lives

General, Books Bedford, Boston, Brazilian Honey Cakes, Brighton, London, Longyearbyen, Massachusetts, Matt Haig, Sea Containers, South Bank, Svalbard, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, The Midnight Library, The Queen's Gambit, The Star Inn at Harome, Whitby, Whitby Abbey, York, Yorkshire No comments

When I first saw the jolly book cover of the book ‘The Bell Jar’ by Sylvia Plath in a bookshop, it drew my interest and I thought I shall read […]

February 7, 2020

Cosy places in the countryside of England

General, UK / Scotland / Ireland Bath, Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms, Birmingham, Bristol, Cumbria, England countryside, Gloucestershire, Grantley Hall, Hambleton Hall, Holbeck Ghyll, Leads, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Rutland, Thyme, travel, UK, York, Yorkshire No comments

In the January, 2020 issue of the ‘The Sunday Times Travel’ magazine, some of the best country house hotels -‘cosy country retreats’- are listed. These places with different features look […]