When Luke Bainbridge first started going to festivals in the early 1990s, only a handful existed with some offering the mere basics in entertainment. “Reading Festival was literally some tents in a field,” says Bainbridge, whose...
Read MoreAptly named, this four-star hotel and acclaimed restaurant in the Lake District sits in the lee of a steep slope of trees. A short walk from the centre of the petite but characterful village of Grasmere, the grey Lakeland stone...
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For many visitors to the Lakes, their favourite mountain is Loughrigg. For the people who live...
Read MoreIt’s Summer 1980 and Bodie and Doyle of Professionals fame are stalking out potential bandits. OK, so I’m five-years-old and with my Dad but we’re armed with cap guns and we mean business. My job is to run across the...
Read MoreThere’s a card on my wall which sums me up perfectly. A present from my sister, it reads: ‘She just couldn’t behave herself with cheese.’ It’s true. Among the greatest delights of my culinary life,...
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