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Think Norwich is just somewhere to get past on the way to the coast or Broads? You’d be missing out on a historic city and a cool contemporary art scene – all well worth checking out for a short break
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Marina O'Loughlin: 'Rita's seems largely designed for people whose tastebuds haven't matured much beyond Year 5'
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Ten places to stay in Wales with walks from the door, warm hospitality and the kind of extras walkers appreciate – from route tips to hearty meals
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This Camden club is a hangover from a previous generation of music venues – but it still feels like a natural home for rock’n’roll
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With the York Food Festival in full swing, Tony Naylor returns to the city to update his 2009 budget eats guide, and finds 10 more restaurants, cafes, pubs and takeaways away from the tourist traps
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Surprisingly, London’s mayor has not asked Londoners what they think of his flagship new bus for the capital
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An expansive regeneration project is putting Derby at the heart of the east Midlands’ action
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Marina O'Loughlin: 'Van Zeller paints pictures with food, but without all that heavy breathing over plates'
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Natural allies of London’s Conservative mayor are worried that his ambitious cycling plans are being rushed
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It’s one of the warmest – and driest – Septembers in decades so make the most of it and plan a microadventure in the UK. Alastair Humphreys offers tips for some late-summer fun
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Autumn’s here and there’s no better time to go for a walk with your camera. Mick Ryan, publisher of a new photo-location guidebook series, shares his tips on the best times and places to capture the season in the UK
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London's transport chiefs say new technology for capital's tube, buses and rail services is cheaper and more convenient
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Writer and film-maker Kevin Rushby joins Captain Rob Barlow of the Elizabeth G on a journey from Tobermory on Mull to the mist-shrouded island of St Kilda
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Dave Stelfox: Weekend at the Asylum is an annual gathering held in the cathedral city of Lincoln. Now in its sixth year, it has become the biggest steampunk event in Europe
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Bath festival reclaims world record from American Austen fans
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The broadcaster and author on her favourite views in Scotland, the drinking dens to discover and the restaurants leading the country’s flourishing food scene
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Marina O'Loughlin: 'The food packs an almighty punch. Flavours aren't just big, they're Godzillas, stomping over tastebuds with gnarly abandon'
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Conservatives in the west London constituency should not make it easy for the city’s mayor to become their candidate
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Historic and unique buildings around the country to stage more than 4,000 events during the four-day heritage festival
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When Pendulum set off on tour, their guitarist Peredur ap Gwynedd always takes his bike with him in the hope of finding an exciting new route. Here, he picks his five favourite cycling spots in the UK
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Tate Britain’s Turner exhibition opens today, and Mike Leigh’s biopic is out soon, so when better to visit Margate, the Kent seaside town the artist loved best?
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The former engine shed has been beautifully redeveloped to become the pre-eminent gig venue in north London. Just beware the pillars
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These landscapes by photographer Dougie Cunningham show Scotland’s spectacular scenery, from its lochs to its peaks, and its beaches to its castles
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Country diary: South Uist: Each tractor pauses briefly and, as the driver watches over his shoulder, another perfectly rolled and bound bale is disgorged
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It’s an insult that Northern Rail is putting up ticket prices when the service they offer is so reliably terrible, says the Guardian’s northern editor, Helen Pidd
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It’s Goodwood Revival in Sussex next week, but you can enjoy a slice of retro action at the estate hotel all year round, says Pamela Hutchinson, who goes back to the 60s for the weekend
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Joanne O'Connor's great escapes Travel tips: Flintshire in northeast Wales, and the week’s best deals
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Emma Halliday, who won the UK category, gets back to nature on a stylish caravan holiday in Herefordshire
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Make the most of the valleys and hills of south-east Scotland in one of these characterful cottages, from a ‘Tardis’ for two to a luxury converted watermill
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Marina O'Loughlin: 'The food that issues from Lee Westcott's kitchen is, with one dramatic exception, bloody marvellous'
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Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody and children’s illustrator Oliver Jeffers are among the artists giving talks and readings at the four-day festival in Seamus Heaney’s home county of Derry
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The three branch lines that form a triangle linking the Cumbrian coast and the Yorkshire Dales are among the most picturesque in the country – and together make a perfect day trip
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Martin Longley: Three venues in one building cater to all tastes – from Pissed Jeans to Freddie Gibbs – but the Institute feels tired for a place so recently renovated
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The London mayor sees a new estuary airport as representing everything that’s great about London, Britain...and Boris Johnson
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Mayor Johnson’s attitude to London’s bus service demonstrates the type of politician he is and why his predecessor was a better mayor