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15 best pubs with rooms in the UK for cosy winter breaks

Step out of the chilly weather and spend the night in a cosy, traditional inn

The Independent UK

Early versions of Peter Rabbit, Thomas The Tank Engine and The BFG to be sold

A first addition Beatrix Potter titled The Story Of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, published in 1906, is among 60 lots of children’s books going on sale.

Evening Standard

Kate Middleton's latest project contains an adorable hidden detail that's easy to miss

The Princess of Wales has curated a new display for the V&A Museum in London and there’s a touching nod to her family life

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Princess Kate Takes on a Creative New Role With Nods to Princess Charlotte and Prince George

What can't she do?

Marie Claire

Princess Kate highlights the power of ‘historic objects’ as new exhibition opens

Princess Kate has highlighted the power of ‘historic objects’ to influence ‘fashion, design, film, art’

The Independent UK

Kate hails power of past objects to inspire future as her new exhibition opens

The Princess of Wales is the V&A’s patron and she chose the exhibition items in June when she visited its East Storehouse.

Evening Standard

Are Mallorca, Croatia and Provence too hot for summer holidays now? Here's where to book instead

Is the weather in your usual go-to summer hols spot looking too hot to be hospitable? Escape to one of these cooler destinations instead

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Beastly Britain by Karen R Jones review – how animals shaped British identity

A revelatory cultural history of our relationship with native wildlife, from newts doing handstands to Mrs Tiggy-Winkle

The Guardian - UK

How Tove Jansson’s Moomins illustrations taught us to imagine, resist and belong

There is a world beyond our own, where imagination and reality meet, and where, for 80 years, Tove Jansson’s Moomins illustrations have offered readers a way to recognise themselves.

The Conversation

Beatrix Potter 50p coin being sold for £25,000 due to tiny error

The commemorative coin’s eagle-eyed owner noticed a lump of metal sticking out of Peter Rabbit’s foot

The Independent UK

Beatrix Potter coin with tiny error selling for £25,000

In 2017, the Royal Mint produced nearly 20 million Peter Rabbit 50ps to celebrate the beloved children's author Beatrix Potter

Evening Standard

6 of the best cottage garden plants you can add to your garden now to nail the cottagecore look this summer

Nothing says quintessential romance like these flowers

Ideal Home

Cottontail review – beautifully understated Japanese-English bereavement road trip drama

Lily Franky excels as a widower travelling with his estranged son from Tokyo to the Lake District to scatter his Beatrix Potter-loving wife’s ashes

The Guardian - UK

Beatrix Potter doll’s house back on display after 300 hours of conservation work

Teams from the National Trust worked to repair and clean 73 miniature items which inspired the author.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Cottontail review – life lessons are learnt in tender, Beatrix Potter-inspired tale

A Japanese man journeys to the Lake District to honour his late wife, testing his relationship with his son in the process

The Conversation

Writing long reads for The Conversation can be ‘instrumental’ in developing research – Insights story updates

Each story for Insights, The Conversation’s longform investigative series, typically takes months to produce, building on years of academic research. And of course, these deep-dive investigations don’t just stop when the story is published.

The Independent UK

The best family-friendly hotels in the Lake District for water sports and outdoor trails

Whether it's fell walking, boat rides or museum hopping, here are the best hotels in the Lake District that cater to all ages

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a national disgrace’: fury at sewage-filled Windermere over toxic algae and dead fish

Campaigners blame United Utilities for blighting famous lake with raw effluent

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Evening Standard

Kate Middleton visits the Lake District: her brother James Middleton shares the places they used to go as kids

Kate’s brother on how Windermere, the peaks (and his dog Ella) saved him

The National (Scotland)

Uncovered fiddle music with links to Bonnie Prince Charlie leads to new concert

WHEN Munro Gauld first came across some unpublished fiddle music, he had no idea it would lead to a remarkable story beginning with a Highlander who…

The Guardian - UK

Westminster coroner’s court extension review – an extension of deep sympathy

A Beatrix Potter-meets-ancient-Rome aesthetic brings and dignity and intimacy to Patrick Lynch’s addition to the coroner’s court that held the hearings into Grenfell and the Westminster Bridge attacks

The Guardian - UK

Compared with the dark saga of Donald Trump, British politics looks like Beatrix Potter

His 34 guilty verdicts should come as a relief. Instead, they are an ominous sign of how far our politics has been degraded, says the Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The National (Scotland)

Scottish regions named among the last places to see red squirrels

Two regions in Scotland are among the last in the UK where it is possible to catch a glimpse of the red squirrel.

Evening Standard

Best illustrated children's books of all time to inspire young minds

Discover some of the best illustrated children's books that continue to enchant young readers today, from timeless classics to contemporary favourites

The Guardian - UK

Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920 review – revelations and mystifying omissions

A Flemish ‘paintrix’ at the court of Elizabeth I, a magnificent mouth artist and a glamorous suffragette are finally given their due in a show tracing female artists’ rocky road to recognition. But the story too often takes precedence over the art

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