To get scared in style this Halloween, Fabian Pountney checks into the most haunted locations. Halloween seems like an unusual holiday, with today’s celebrations hugely popular in America, yet its origins date back to the Celts who inhabited Britain thousands of years ago. ‘Samhain’, on 31 October, originally celebrated the ghosts of the dead returning […]

Spit spot! Everyone’s favourite nanny returns to the West End in Mary Poppins The Musical. Kathryn Conway hunts for the magic of Mary around town. One of the original film’s most iconic moments is set at the London landmark found in Michael’s snow globe. St Paul’s Cathedral is featured in the scene for one of […]

This London icon is slowly coming back to life, so Neil Simpson and Sarah Riches took a Thames trip to see its transformation. Battersea Power Station was designed by the Londoner Giles Gilbert Scott (the man behind the red telephone box) and opened in 1933, but by 1982 this ‘superstation’ was no longer in use. […]

Are you tough enough to climb 528 steps to reach the pinnacle of St Paul’s Cathedral? We decided to set Neil Simpson the challenge – read on to find out what he thought and how you can do it for yourself. There are lots and lots of fabulous views to enjoy in London: The Shard, the Sky […]

Neil Simpson takes a sightseeing day trip from London to Blenheim Palace – find out what he thought and how to get there yourself. I have wanted to visit Blenheim Palace for a long time: if you’re looking for a sweeping, Downton Abbey-style English country estate to visit, this eighteenth-century World Heritage Site is the place […]

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The parade is on Saturday 6 July, but there’s lots more to enjoy too

With Pride festivities in full swing, Neil Simpson takes a look at places beyond the capital that are celebrating, too.