Malmesbury is another classic Cotswold destination – located in Wiltshire, England, famous for its large abbey and beautiful surrounding countryside.
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Book Podcast: ‘Borough Market – Edible Histories’ Author Mark Riddaway
Award-winning food writer Mark Riddaway travels back through the centuries to tell the fascinating, surprising and often downright bizarre stories of some of the everyday ingredients found at London’s Borough Market.
Discover how the strawberries we eat today had their roots in a clandestine trip to South America by a French spy whose surname happened to be Strawberry, why three-quarters of Britain’s late-18th-century intake of tea was sold on the black market, and what Sigmund Freud found so fascinating about eel genitalia.
From the humble apples and onions that we’ve grown on these shores for centuries, to more exotic ingredients like cinnamon and bananas that travel from across the world to finesse our food, Borough Market: Edible Histories offers a chance to digest the charming stories behind every last morsel.
Walking Tours: ‘Oxford Street’ In London (Video)
Walking Oxford Street during the second lockdown in England – November 2020. The walking tour starts from the West Side Marble Arch and finishes at the East Side – Tottenham Court Road
Profiles: ‘J.M.W. Turner’ – Romanticism’s Greatest Painter (1775 – 1851)
Joseph Mallord William Turner RA, known contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colourisations, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.
Sunday Morning Podcast: Latest News From Zurich, Tokyo And London
The weekend’s defining discussion topics with Tyler Brûlé, Christof Münger, Eemeli Isoaho, Mark Dittli and our Tokyo bureau chief Fiona Wilson. Plus, Monocle’s style director Marcela Palek’s Christmas gift tips.
From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide.
New Travel & Film Books: “Poldark’s Cornwall” By Gill Knappett (Jan 2021)
For those longing to know where their favorite scenes in “Poldark” were filmed, Pitkin’s latest addition to the Film Locations series goes behind the scenes of the hugely popular TV series and follows in the footsteps of Ross and Demelza along windswept cliffs, rugged coastline, and untouched, pristine beaches. From Padstow to the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall takes center stage, providing the breath-taking backdrop that brings the series to life.
The latest awarding-winning adaptation of Winston Graham’s Poldark, produced by the BBC, captured the hearts of millions of viewers worldwide. Over its five seasons, it brought the region’s rich heritage back to life, with tales of smugglers, shipwrecks, and the secrets of the mines gripping viewers’ imaginations. Filled with walks in beautiful places and useful information about the region and the series’ filming locations, this is a perfect introduction to Britain’s best-kept secret.
About The Author
Gill Knappett has worked on many Pitkin books over a 20-year period, specializing in royal titles and Britain’s best-loved places to visit. Her Pitkin titles include Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, The Queen, and Walk London.
Short Films: ‘The Smithy’ – A Blacksmith In Northern England At His Old Forge
Filmmaker Brendon Tyree
The word Smithy is a middle English word from Old Norse Smithja : meaning a blacksmith’s workshop or forge. In Sheffield and other parts or Northern England, blacksmiths themselves are often referred to as smithies.
Follow this Smithy on his gloomy walk to work and witness the dark forces, skill and energy that go into giving a new blade its shape, form and life. Filmed using a mixture of 16mm film and digital.
The feel and sound tip their cap to the old world view of the craft but in reality the subject is a non fictional blacksmith working at his beautiful old forge today in Sheffield.
Blacksmith David Southgate
Soundscape Jordan Hatfield
Atmospheres GYerro & Max H
Locations Sheffield UK
Travel: A Thanksgiving Walk Through The Old ‘City Of London’ (Video)
Date filmed: Thursday – November 26, 2020
The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the modern city named London has since grown far beyond the formal City of London borders.[4][5] The City is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of London, though it remains a notable part of central London. Administratively, it forms one of the 33 local authority districts of London; however, the City of London is not a London borough, a status reserved for the other 32 districts (including London’s only other city, the City of Westminster). It is also a separate ceremonial county, being an enclave surrounded by Greater London, and is the smallest county in the United Kingdom.
The City of London is widely referred to simply as the City (differentiated from the phrase “the city of London” by capitalising City) and is also colloquially known as the Square Mile, as it is 1.12 sq mi (716.80 acres; 2.90 km2)[6] in area. Both of these terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom’s trading and financial services industries, which continue a notable history of being largely based in the City.[7] The name London is now ordinarily used for a far wider area than just the City. London most often denotes the sprawling London metropolis, or the 32 London boroughs, in addition to the City of London itself. This wider usage of London is documented as far back as 1888, when the County of London was created.[5]
Walking Tours: ‘Canary Wharf, London’ (Video)
Date filmed: Saturday – November 21, 2020
Canary Wharf is the secondary central business district of London on the Isle of Dogs. Along with the City of London, it is one of the main financial centres of the United Kingdom and the world, containing many of their tallest buildings, including the third-tallest in the UK, One Canada Square.
TIME STAMPS: 00:00 SOUTH QUAY STATION [DRL] 04:29 SOUTH QUAY PLAZA 06:47 SOUTH QUAY WALK 10:08 ADMIRALS WAY 10:11 STREET FOOD VANS 11:16 SOUTH QUAY WALK 12:29 SOUTH QUAY FOOTBRIDGE 15:05 JUBILEE PLACE Entrance 16:27 BANK STREET 17:14 JUBILEE PARK 22:32 CANARY WHARF STATION 22:47 UPPER BANK STREET 25:53 S COLONNADE 27:45 CHURCHILL PLACE 28:44 EY CANARY WHARF 31:18 N COLONNADE 31:32 BARCLAYS BANK 32:15 WAITROSE & PARTNERS 35:34 CANADA SQUARE 38:16 CROSSRAIL PLACE 40:15 CROSSRAIL STATION 47:38 N COLONNADE 48:40 CANARY WHARF [DLR STATION] 50:32 CABOT SQUARE 51:56 N DOCK FOOTBRIDGE 53:42 ABSOLUTE PLEASURE YATCH 54:19 MOUSE TAIL COFFEE STORIES 57:36 MUSEUM OF LONDON DOCKLANDS 1:00:15 ONTARIO WAY 1:02:28 WESTFERRY ROAD 1:04:21 CIRCUS APARTMENT 1:06:09 CANARY RIVERSIDE PLAZA 1:07:24 CANARY WHARF PIER 1:08:47 WESTFERRY CIRCUS 1:09:58 W INDIA AVE 1:13:37 CABOT SQUARE 1:15:46 CABOT PLACE 1:16:49 S COLONNADE 1:1749 CANARY WHARF [DLR STATION] 1:17:53 POST OFFICE 1:18:26 JP MORGAN 1:19:11 HERON QUAYS [DLR STATION] 1:20:13 REUTERS PLAZA 1:20:36 ONE CANADA SQUARE 1:21:28 CANARY WHARF STATION
Travel In The Cotswolds: ‘History Of Cirencester’
Often regarded as the capital of the Cotswolds, Cirencester was once the second largest town in Britain during Roman times. It’s name back then was Corinium Dobunnorum and today makes for essential visiting to any Cotswold traveller. The history of the Gloucestershire town spans several centuries, reflected by the dozens of interesting buildings nestled in the centre.
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