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Daily Mail
06-07-2025
- Daily Mail
The ultimate guide to the Cotswolds: Our writer has visited this much-loved region more than 100 times. Here are her top tips for where to stay, what villages to see... and the ones to avoid
I admit I haven't always been a Cotswolds fan. In fact, when my brother and sister-in-law announced they were moving in search of bucolic bliss and a free-range childhood for my then two-year-old nephew, I was distraught. In London, we lived ten minutes from each other and I would often collect the little one from nursery or take him to the swings in St James's Park. The country just seemed too far away – no matter how smart it was, how many Soho Houses it might have and whatever the Beckhams might think.
Times
17-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Times
Kate Spicer: I needed a new home, a new life — and a new wardrobe
Move to a more affordable bit of west London, meaning the 'burbs. Ditch the dogs and live a more compact high-rise central London life. Or surrender west London life entirely and move to the country. These were the options; I chose the country. When people asked, 'Where?' I gave them three guesses. The first was usually Bruton, and they were right. It's a migration route from west London so well trodden now that to move to the Somerset town is 100 per cent cliché. 'What is it about that place? What's wrong with Yorkshire?' asked my friend Grev. He had a point, but now was not a time to be taking risks. I'd recently split up with my long-term partner and could no longer afford
