Posts Tagged ‘
Charles Dickens ’
Jan 1st, 2020 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Charles Dickens, Florence Nightingale, forests, Heathrow, hot, language, Marrakech, Olympics, Rewilding, Scotland Yard, Tokyo
Nov 19th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Before Dickens, the word “scrooge” did not exist. Find me anyone today who is unaware of what a scrooge is?
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Portsmouth
Mar 2nd, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye has itchy feet – again. Read why and where they’re taking her only on Just About Travel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: adventure, Airbnb, Argentina, Bridget Jones, Buenos Aires, Charles Dickens, Dame Tessa Jowell, experience, Häagen-Dazs, Heathrow, Home Counties, Iberia, London, Mark Twain, San Francisco, Terminal 5, Travel
Jan 28th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
The best way to get to grips with the UK’s colourful, cosmopolitan capital is on foot, says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Big Ben, Blitz, Buckingham Palace, Charles Dickens, Downing Street, High Society, Horse Guards Parade, John Bosco, London, Monument, St Paul's Cathedral, St. James’s Palace, Talk of the Town, Talk of the Town London, the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, Valentine's Day, walking tours, Westminster Abbey
Dec 9th, 2012 |
By The Editor
From fireworks to banquets and from old Norse traditions to power kiting, VisitEngland rounds up some of the top activities for New Year’s Eve
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel news, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Charles Dickens, Derbyshire, Kent, London, National Family Week, New Year's Eve, Northumberland, South Bank
Nov 16th, 2012 |
By The Editor
Our ideas of what a traditional Christmas is and looks like have been heavily shaped by Victorian literature and Charles Dickens in particular. As 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, VisitEngland has listed the top 10 Dickensian Christmas experiences across England this festive season
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Bridlington, Charles Dickens, Chatham, Chester, Christmas Markets, Cornwall, Sheffield, west Midlands
Aug 2nd, 2012 |
By The Editor
VisitEngland looks at the growing trend for literature lovers to travel the nation in search for their favourite authors’ home towns and the places where they drew their inspiration from to create their bestselling novels and plays
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel news, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Agatha Christie, Ashdown Forest, Bronte Country, Charles Dickens, David Suchet, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, East Sussex, Enid Blyton, Famous Five, Jane Austen, Kent, Norwich, Shakespeare County, Warwickshire, West Yorkshire
