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Phoebe Taplin

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freelance writer - currently mostly walking and car-free UK travel

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Rolling hills, rich heritage and great pubs: a car-free break in Leicestershire This picturesque corner of the East Midlands is a well-kept secret and it’s great for exploring by public transport

www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

25.02.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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22.02.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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flowers, food, great tube station architecture and museums along London's Superloop bus routes...

22.02.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kyiv zoo braves blackouts and bombardment to keep animals warm Staff are using stoves and generators to keep lions, camels and Ukraine’s lone gorilla safe from winter and war

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

19.02.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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spring flowers and even blue skies in the Beth Chatto garden in Essex...

12.02.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cable Street – Marylebone Theatre, London - The Reviews Hub Music and Lyrics: Tim Gilvin‍ Book: Alex Kanefsky Director: Adam Lenson‍ Far-right fascists blame immigrants for the country’s woes. Economic hardship and political disenchantment create room for extr...

my latest theatre review www.thereviewshub.com/cable-street...

27.01.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Relieving the winter gloom yesterday with spring flowers at Osterley, lights at Canary Wharf and - finally - rousing, relevant musical Cable Street at Marylebone Theatre. www.marylebonetheatre.com/productions/...

27.01.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely weekend with friends in Norwich, exploring the newly-revamped castle, the cathedral and the Sainsbury Centre...

19.01.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two days of art across London with a museum cafΓ©-crawl, including the V&A, the V&A East Storehouse, the National Gallery’s Radical Harmony exhibition and the Wallace collection…

15.01.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The February issue of Country Walking is in newsagents now and with it some highlights of mine from a fabulous year of walking: the glorious Creswell Crags and Welbeck estate, gardens at Bowood in Wiltshire, the Norman castle and church at Orford, and coast path at Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire…

14.01.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Waves break right on to the bus windscreen’: a car-free trip along County Antrim’s dramatic coast Three trains, two buses and a ferry take our writer from Essex to Northern Ireland, to enjoy wild swims, whiskey, sandy beaches and the Giant’s Causeway

my latest car-free coastal adventure for the Guardian www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

12.01.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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yesterday's walk: a grey squirrel, reindeer skulls, a wolf supermoon...

04.01.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wassail is celebrated in early January to wake up the trees in apple growing areas in South West England. The wassail cup enables orchard owners to offer refreshment when wassailers visit. Find this locally made wassail cup on the Multaka 'With These Hands' trail.

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03.01.2026 10:18 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A watery gold sunrise lights the turbulent water’: the wild beauty of the Suffolk coast Coastal erosion may threaten the area around Southwold, but a new β€˜movable’ cabin makes a great base for exploring its windswept beaches, remote marshes and welcoming inns

β€˜A watery gold sunrise lights the turbulent water’: the wild beauty of the Suffolk coast

29.12.2025 08:06 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stargazing in the Lake District: a new forest observatory opens in Grizedale There’s no shortage of stunning scenery and daytime activities in the Lakes. Now, an observatory is offering stellar nocturnal events too

A car-free Lake District adventure to visit the new observatory in Grizedale Forest www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

23.12.2025 07:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heading into end-of-year mode and totting up the year's mileage. In 2025 I got 152 articles published, 1768 miles walked and 17 wild swims swum... Hoping for more of the same in 2026! Wishing everyone happy winter festivities. x x x x

18.12.2025 12:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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January 2026 issue of Country Walking (out now) with four walks I did in the last year: snowdrops near Chippenham Fen (Cambs), rhododendrons in Sheringham Park, wooded Wimbledon Common and a beautiful heather-ringed loch in Aberdeenshire. Reminds me to start planning for the year ahead…

15.12.2025 17:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing walk along the Sallagh Braes near Larne (Antrim)

09.12.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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About to get the night ferry to Belfast - here's a moonlit view across the Mersey...

07.12.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Light show in Southwark cathedral

25.11.2025 12:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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first visit to Rutland Water...

09.11.2025 09:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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autumn leaves are lovely this year...

03.11.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beautiful day on the Dales Way in Cumbria...

25.10.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Shadow in the Mirror – The Mill at Sonning - The Reviews Hub Writer: Gerald Durrell Adaptor and Director: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart Unsettling, discordant music plays, underscored by strange inhuman sounds. Smoke drifts through uncanny shafts of light before a row ...

My latest theatre review - a spooky Halloween tale in the fabulous Mill at Sonning www.thereviewshub.com/the-shadow-i...

28.09.2025 09:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, some strong flavours, but mussel curry tasted like a tub of curry powder and they couldn't even give us any bread to go with it all... not a fan. Overpriced wine, noise from downstairs... yes, all a bit odd.

27.09.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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after days of alternating showers and sunshine, a huge rainbow at the end of our road...

12.09.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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finally made it to Longthorpe Tower in Peterborough with its 14th-century wall paintings...

01.09.2025 08:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exmouth in the sunshine...

27.08.2025 21:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

wow!

23.08.2025 19:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ringing the Changes | St Mary's Edinburgh A dramatic installation of colourful banners depicting bellringing patterns, beneath the cathedrals’ bell tower, incorporating bellringing, weaving and architecture in one magnificent art installation...

www.cathedral.net/event-detail... Anyone in Edinburgh should take a look at this artwork in St Mary's episcopal cathedral....

22.08.2025 05:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0