Staffordshire celebrates fine food

The ‘Local Food Directory’ and the ‘2005 Guide to Eating Out in Staffordshire’ can be used together for a comprehensive look at the finest the county has to offer. Friday, June 24th, 2005

Make the most of London shopping

London’s status as a shopping capital is being reinforced with a new guide to help visitors discover the wide range of retail therapy available in the city.Friday, June 24th, 2005

New trails around London

Visitors to London are being offered new ways to explore London’s museums and galleries.Friday, June 24th, 2005

First whisky ale brewed in Scotland

A Scottish distillery and micro-brewery have joined forces to produce the first ever genuine whisky ale from a distillery. The Tullibardine distillery in Perthshire is on the site of Scotland’s oldest brewery and is where King James IV made his first beer purchase after his coronation in 1488. Friday, June 24th, 2005

Scotland's finest flavours

It’s the home of Aberdeen Angus beef, salmon from the Rivers Dee and Spey, lamb and grain from rich farmland, white fish from the North Sea and some well-known names in malt whisky. It is hardly surprising that the Aberdeen and Grampian region of the Highlands is known as “Scotland’s larder”. Friday, June 24th, 2005

Suffolk brewery has medieval home

Few micro-breweries can boast a moated medieval manor house as their headquarters, but St. Peter’s is no ordinary brewery. Its home is the isolated St. Peter’s Hall near Bungay in the Eastern England county of Suffolk, whose Great Hall with its huge fireplace and carved oak seating, also serves as a restaurant.Friday, June 24th, 2005

Scottish hotel offers 'naughty weekend pack'

A hotel which has been voted Scottish Romantic Hotel of 2005 is offering guests “the ever-so slightly naughty weekend pack” as an accessory for their stay.Friday, June 24th, 2005

Scotland for connoisseurs

A castle, a train and a sea-going yacht are all included in the 2005 Connoisseur’s Scotland Directory offering 17 of Scotland’s finest accommodation providers. Friday, June 24th, 2005

London’s new and new look restaurants

A Georgian house, a ‘maze’ and a new way to enjoy afternoon tea are the latest attractions for food-lovers visiting London.Friday, June 24th, 2005

Cotswold ‘restaurant with rooms’

A new restaurant with rooms has opened in the picturesque village of Broadway in Worcestershire. Russell’s is situated in the former headquarters of furniture designer Gordon Russell and offers meals from breakfast to a light lunch or formal dinner using local produce in changing seasonal menus created by Head Chef Jonathan Rix.Friday, June 24th, 2005