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Spring flowers: 10 of the best places in the UK to see them bloom

Spring flowers: 10 of the best places in the UK to see them bloom

Dartington, Devon The gardening team of this estate near Totnes takes the first few months of the year seriously: spidery yellow witch hazel flowers and snowdrops are the precursor to daffodils and bluebells. Trails allow everyone to explore the 800 acres (Tramper mobility scooters can be arranged). There’s accommodation at …

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12 of Britain’s best archaeology sites, events and family activity days

12 of Britain’s best archaeology sites, events and family activity days

Vindolanda, Northumberland As the north-west frontier of the Roman empire, Northumberland is scattered with Roman sites, including numerous forts that housed the soldiers who guarded these unruly borderlands. Many are still being excavated, including Vindolanda and Magna forts just south of Hadrian’s Wall. The first modern excavation kicked off at …

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Road to ruins: how I discovered the magic of archaeology

Road to ruins: how I discovered the magic of archaeology

When I was a teenager, I watched a TV documentary about a frozen human body that had been discovered at the summit of Mount Ampato in Peru. Dubbed “Juanita” or the Incan ice mummy, this girl had been a human sacrifice, killed in about 1450 at the age of 14 …

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