The view from the 69th floor of the Shard in London is stupendous. With a bit of time, and guidance, I am sure you could pick out, on a clear day, two or three surrounding counties, as well as the whole of the metropolis itself. But Visit England, in its 2017 Showcase event there, wanted… Continue reading
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Leicester savours a Richard III-inspired tourist boom
Leicester struck touristic gold in 2013 when experts concluded that human bones discovered under a car park belonged “beyond reasonable doubt” to Richard III. The King Richard III Visitor Centre opened in 2014, and the king’s mortal remains are being interred in Leicester Cathedral on March 26th in a tomb of Swaledale fossil stone limestone,… Continue reading →