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Welcome to Issue 263 | 6th February 2019
 
 
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UK trade shows are great places for discovering the creative flair among the sales and marketing teams at our many and varied attractions.  There’s always the standard visit but then from deep within a capacious sleeve come some new and imaginative ways for spicing up a visit.  That always happens at the annual Excursions trade show in London but it’s not very often that a whole ‘new’ destination makes an appearance.  So it was with the tiny county of Rutland (google it for its exact location) and then take a look at their website in my top story.

Elsewhere, I’ve included updates on Spode, the birthplace of bone china, an Artist’s Village near the cathedral city of Guildford and a fascinating library in Oxford.  If you’ve never walked through an 18th century landscape painting, I recommend that you add it to your bucket list and take a stroll through Painshill Park and I’ve finished with a heads up about a new visitor experience in Winchester Cathedral, another must-see visit between Southampton and London.

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A Hidden Gem

As England’s smallest and arguably prettiest county, Rutland certainly lives up to its motto, Multum in Parvo (much in little).  It is peppered with attractive villages, privately owned stately homes, castles and beautiful gardens, all set in wonderful English countryside with picture postcard cottages and traditional country inns.  It also has one of Europe’s finest alfresco theatres at Tolethorpe.

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Spode Italian Blue

Stoke on Trent, aka The World Capital of Ceramics is home to the Spode Museum Trust Heritage Centre, the birthplace of bone china. During a visit, discover the factory’s history, see fine ceramics, watch demonstrations of hand-painting, transfer-printing and raised-paste gilding and visit the famous Blue Room Collection.  Finish with English Afternoon Tea in the Blue Willow tea room.

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An Artist's Village

The Watts Gallery is a wonderful Arts & Crafts gem, between London and Southampton and the former home of G F Watts, the most famous artist of the Victorian era. He was the first British artist to have a solo exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1884, was known as England’s Michelangelo and is recognised as influencing Rossetti, Picasso and former President Obama.

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Duke Humfrey's Library, Oxford

A visit to Bodleian Libraries adds something very special to a walking tour of the University Colleges. It is home to more than 13 million printed items, outstanding special collections including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art and printed ephemera.  During this stroll through history, you’ll see The Divinity House, Convocation House, Chancellor’s Court and Duke Humfrey’s medieval library.

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A Living Picture of Paradise

Created in the late 18th century, Painshill Park, south of London was designed as a Living Work of Art.  Today your stroll through a series of unfolding vistas will reveal the crystal Grotto, Gothic Temple, Ruined Abbey, Turkish Tent and the John Bartram Collection of North American trees and shrubs. Finish the experience with a tasting of Painshill’s very own sparkling wine.

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Kings and Scribes

A new exhibition in Winchester’s great Norman Cathedral will tell the story of the city’s role as England’s ancient capital and its captivating history, including The Scribe’s Tale, Decoding the Stones and Birth of a Nation.  This stunning three-level exhibition space will showcase some of Winchester Cathedral’s most precious treasures, including all four volumes of the exquisite 12th-century Winchester Bible. 

 
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