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The Albion Rooms, Margate, Kent

Michael Edwards enjoys the coolest B&B in Margate, The Libertines’ Albion Rooms.

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Coppa Club, Putney

Andy Mossack spends a restful Sunday parked at the Coppa Club, Putney’s latest riverside café.

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Dave Red, Athens Greece

Rebecca Hall knows a thing or two about Athens, and was intrigued to explore the newly opened Dave Red, Son of a Brown hotel

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In his Insider's Guide to Margate, locals may not like its nickname - Shoreditch-on-sea - but Michael Edwards finds there’s more than a grain of truth in the comparison. Margate harbour

 Insider’s Guide to Margate. Discover trendy Kent’s new sensational Shoreditch.

In his Insider’s Guide to Margate, locals may not like its nickname – Shoreditch-on-sea – but Michael Edwards finds there’s more than a grain of truth in the comparison.

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MDLBEAST Soundstorm Festival, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Rupert Parker raves in the desert in Saudi Arabia’s annual MDLBeast Soundstorm Festival.

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Colonel Saab, London

Rupert Parker tastes Colonel Saab, celebrity Indian chef Roop Partap Choudhary’s first UK restaurant.

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