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24 hours in London following in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:32:34 +0000

In 2024, the Caravan and Motorhome Club are running a Read, Tour, and Explore Campaign to encourage people to read more and visit places associated with book settings. We aim to help promote authors, both old and new, while providing suggestions on which locations to explore that, at one time, offered inspiration...

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Review: The Captive by Deborah O’Connor

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:57:19 +0000

Could you live with the person convicted of a crime against you? “I do not want him here.” (Page 1) Understandably I am not sure I would want to occupy the same space as the person accused of killed a loved one either. “The cell was small, the same footprint...

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Review: The Five – The untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:06:20 +0000

The Five by Hallie Rubenhold is a book in honour of five women who were murdered back in 1888. It is a historical account highlighting the back story of the five women killed by perhaps the best-known murderer of all time, Jack the Ripper. “There are two versions of the...

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Review: Buried by Lynda La Plante

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:28:55 +0000

In the aftermath of a fire breaking out at a remote house near Aylesbury, a badly burned and blackened body is found. However, it is definitely not the previous owner of the place as she has unfortunately just passed away. Perhaps it was a vagrant trying to stay warm and...

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Review: The 24-Hour Cafe by Libby Page

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:57:50 +0000

“The city that never sleeps and neither does Stella’s. A glowing red sign marks out the cafe that serves fish and chips, bangers and mash and American pancakes to Londoners and visitors at any time of day or night.” Hannah and Mona work hard taking orders and delivering food to...

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Famous Literary Gravesites in London Bookworms Should Visit

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:53:38 +0000

Gravesites may not be at the top of everyone’s attraction list but for some, visiting the tombs of the once-famous is one way to connect with them. It’s not just actors and musicians that have followers wanting to visit their gravesides either, for a long time now people have also...

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BLOC Hotel London Gatwick: A Hotel With a Runway View

Wed, 03 Jan 2018 09:00:44 +0000

It doesn’t matter how much I travel, I still fear flying. Stupid perhaps, and before anyone explains to me that it is supposedly the safest form of transport, I get it; but equally I still don’t like it. So when we arranged a stay at the BLOC Hotel London Gatwick...

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A Christmas Carol: Helping to Highlight the True Meaning of Christmas

Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:12:38 +0000

I wonder what Charles Dickens would say today if he saw just how popular A Christmas Carol has become. This well-liked story of Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by ghosts from Christmas’ past, present and future have been gracing both the big and small screens since 1901, giving it the honour...

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10 Suggestions for Those Travelling to London as a Group

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:17:59 +0000

Whilst we predominately travel as a couple, on occasion and especially when we are back in the UK we can think of nothing better than meeting up with friends and family to catch up on everything we have missed and being based in the South of England where better to...

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11 Charles Dickens Novels Worth A Read

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:40:43 +0000

Charles Dickens, a man that would have been 205 years old today, is still a well-loved author famed for his eloquent descriptions of Victorian London. No other author seems to have captured the filth and squalor of his time in quite the same poetic way. ‘It was the best of...

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