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Rhinefield House Hotel. Enjoy a country house hotel in beautiful Brockenhurst

Mabel Walker-Munro had Rhinefield House built back in 1887. Although Mabel was the owner of Eastwood Colliery in Nottinghamshire, she clearly preferred a laissez-faire management style based in distant Hampshire

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Rupert Parker travels to Lucerne just in time to see the Lilu Light Festival

Lilu Light Festival. Watch Lucerne light up in a glorious celebration of light and sound.

Lucerne’s first ever Lilu Light Festival with 17 installations by Swiss and international artists scattered through the city for 11 days.

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Andy Mossack stays at Palazzo Montemartini Rome and revels in Roman elegance. Esteno night mod

Palazzo Montemartini Rome. Radisson luxury fit for an emperor.

Palazzo Montemartini Hotel is looking particularly splendid tonight, her elegant facade proving a worthy canvass for the projected images beaming off her.

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Andy Mossack eats at the newly renovated Palm Beach Casino restaurant in London's Mayfair.

Palm Beach Casino Restaurant. Enjoy high quality food before you play the tables.

Something of a rarity to find a Mayfair restaurant that not only offers excellent food but at value for money that is hard to beat.

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Drakes Of Brighton

It may have been a case of too many Marmite soldiers but I found it difficult to extract myself from Drakes

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Andy Mossack reviews the Churchill War Rooms and finds a piece of history frozen in 1945.  main20corridor20churchill20war20rooms

Churchill War Rooms. Incredible Opportunity To See History Frozen in Time.

It’s rare a piece of world history can be defined in such an authentic way. In an age of replicas and rebuilds the Churchill War Rooms resonate with reality.

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