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One of Jessica’s favourite models when we visited Babbacombe Model Village was the miniature Stonehenge. “Look Mummy! Stonehenge! The Go Jetters went there!” We told her that we would be going past Stonehenge on the way home. Maybe we could stop and...

One parent reflects on her (initially reluctant) decision to home educate her daughter, who had been badly let down by the education system, and reports on the positive and healthy ‘outcomes’ of withdrawing her from school. An inspiring piece...

A couple of weeks ago Boyfriend and I took Belle for a day out at Berkeley Castle. Although it’s less than an hour away from us I have to confess I had never even heard of it before, let alone visited, despite the fact that we love a good castle and...

Amy Johnson, ‘queen of the air’, and well worth giving a shit about. On the May 24, 1930, a bedraggled Gipsy Moth open cockpit biplane landed on an airfield in Darwin, Australia. In it was Hull-born aviator Amy Johnson, who had taken off from Croydon...

  Osborne House, Isle of Wight. This year is set to be an exciting one for the Historic Homes and Castles sector of the travel industry, as Brenda Watkinson discovers. Up and down the country, preparations are gearing up for a very busy 2014...