JUST YOUR CUP OF TEA?
Taking a short break in one of England’s historic buildings not only makes a memorable holiday, it also helps preserve the nation’s heritage.  Harriet O’Brien finds 10 unusual places to stay, from a Tudor turret to a 17th-century hunting lodge.

SHALL I PAINT YOU A PICTURE?
La Colombe d’Or is a restaurant with rooms, and a unique collection of art.  Regular visitor Raymond Blanc talks to E Jane Dickson about its creative inspiration.

BREAK FOR THE BORDERS
On a driving tour of the Tweed Valley, Alexander Garrett finds that the scene of historic clashes between Scotland and England is now a place of rare tranquillity.

LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE
Calm, cool and green:  it’s not how you imagine India to be.  A meandering voyage through the backwaters of Kerala is a wonderful way to see the subcontinent, says Robert McCrum, who sails in style into ‘God’s Own Country’.

ON THE UP
Chicago is the city that gave the world the skyscraper; and, as Claire Wrathall discovers, its architectural, cultural and culinary ambition continues to soar.

GO WITH THE FLOE
Chris Moss heads to the desolate but far from lifeless extreme of Antarctica and discovers his own limits as he escapes the encroaching ice.

PLUS: Morgan Freeman’s Mississippi Delta recommendations; fashion designer Antonio Berardi’s Sicily; 5 stylish farm conversions in Umbria and Tuscany;  Six destinations for late-summer holidays; Greece in a new light; and the entrepreneurial young stars helping to change the face of Paris’s social scene.

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