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The Nici: Newquay’s Old Victoria Gets a New Lease of Life
Some buildings are hotels. Others become part of your memories. For me, the old Hotel Victoria in Newquay is very definitely the latter.
Newquay is my home town.
So when I look at the coastline, the streets and the buildings around the town, I'm not looking at them as a visitor. I know them. I grew up with them. I know how Newquay changes with the seasons, how different it feels when the summer crowds arrive and how quickly the town settles back down once the holidaymakers have gone home.
And then there was the Victoria.
I remember staying there with my dad when he came down from Leeds to visit me. It wasn't some grand occasion where we arrived expecting a luxury hotel experience. It was simply somewhere that became part of the time we spent together.
Which is why walking into it now, as The Nici, feels rather strange.
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Winberry Cottage: A Little Piece of Haworth History
There are some places that feel like holiday accommodation, and then there are those that feel as though they belong to the place they are sitting in. Winberry Cottage is very much the latter. Tucked away on West Lane in the heart of Haworth, this characterful cottage is surrounded by the cobbles, stone buildings, independent shops and literary history that have made this corner of West Yorkshire so special. For anyone looking for an autumn escape in Yorkshire, it is difficult to imagine a more fitting base.
Haworth has a way of making you slow down. Perhaps it is the steep cobbled streets, the old stone houses or the knowledge that the Brontë sisters knew these streets and surrounding moors so well. Whatever it is, there is something about the village that leaves you feeling slightly more refreshed than when you arrived. A friend of ours, a poet who loves Haworth as much as we do, always says, “All roads lead to Haworth.” After spending time at Winberry Cottage, I can rather see why...
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The International, Bradford: Half a Century of Curry Done Properly
Bradford has more curry houses than almost any city in Britain. This one has outlasted nearly all of them, and the reason is on the plate.
There are curry houses, and then there is The International. Since 1976 this unassuming restaurant on Morley Street, tucked just below the Alhambra, has fed students, theatregoers, taxi drivers, councillors and three generations of the same families, and it has done so without ever pretending to be anything other than what it is: a place where the food comes first.
That confidence is baked into the menu. Two dishes, the Chicken Masala and the Meat Masala, carry the note "first introduced in 1976 by Raja Brothers", a quiet reminder that the recipes on the table predate most of the people eating them. The restaurant is still family run, Safeer Khan having taken the reins from his father, and a thorough refurbishment has smartened the dining room without touching the kitchen's soul. The welcome is as unhurried as ever.
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