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Havana, Cuba, is the hot (literally) destination of the moment. With a relaxing US embargo and cut price deals galore, now has never been a better time to visit. Check out my top list of things to do when you're there! 1….
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Recently I was whisked away from the grey skies of London, to subtropical Cuba, tasked with finding out all about Cuban rum at the hands of its masters, Havana Club rum. One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to…
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Havana has been a mecca for all cocktail lovers, not just Ernest Hemingway, since the start of the 20th century, when Prohibition drove tens of thousands of American bartenders to Cuba, – after all it’s only 90 miles below Florida! Difford’s Guide tells us…
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It’s 2016; year of the Monkey, year of the Olympics, the US Presidential Election (the UK's too), the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and, excitingly for those of the bon vivant persuasion, year of the 11th Havana Club Cocktail Grand Prix. …
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Recently I posted my road trip guide to Oxford and the Cotswolds (link here) and mentioned my stay at Keble College, Oxford. I wanted to post a separate piece to elaborate on it a little more and share more photos of…
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Britain is a fabulous place to visit. 34.4 million foreign visitors a year (2014) agree with me, with the United Kingdom being the 8th largest tourist destination in the world! So why don’t the British agree? 58% percent of us…
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In the green, green vales of England’s Cotswolds The Wood Norton nestles. Whilst it nestles discreetly, tucked against a hillside, it also does so grandly. Some might even say it sprawls. It was built in 1897 by the Duc D’Orleans, the exiled French…
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