Russell Higham
Journalist and Writer at Freelance
Freelance journalist & features writer. Bylines in The Times, Daily Express, Country Life, The Telegraph, Songlines, Discover Britain, Good Motoring.
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1 month ago |
discoverbritain.com | Russell Higham
The last part of England to convert to Christianity back in the late 7th century, Sussex still maintains a spirit of defiant individuality. In Lewes, the county town of East Sussex, smartly kept streets lined with elegant boutiques and tea houses conceal a legacy of rebellion and pagan rituals, some of which survive to this day. The town’s 5 November bonfire festivities are the biggest and oldest (dating from 1795) in the country, as well as possibly the most raucous.
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2 months ago |
jetsetter-magazine.com | Russell Higham
Bermondsey has gone from a bombed-out bohemian backwater to one of London’s most popular districts for art, fashion and food. Bermondsey, in the historic London Borough of Southwark, was almost bombed out of existence in World War Two. Its position on the south bank of the Thames and the concentration of industry that went on there — everything from leather tanning to food production and weapons manufacturing — made it a major target for Nazi air raids.
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2 months ago |
express.co.uk | Russell Higham
JMW Turner, Self-Portrait, c.1799 (Image: Tate)He was known as the “painter of light” thanks to his atmospheric all-weather landscapes illuminating scenes from natural life. But Joseph Mallard William Turner, who was born on April 23, 1775, in London’s Covent Garden, and raised in the tumultuous shadow of the Napoleonic Wars, was more than the hero of Romanticism – he was a disruptor.
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2 months ago |
luxurylifestylemag.co.uk | Russell Higham
Jazz is back…not that it ever really went away. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel about the highs and lows of the jazz age was published 100 years ago, and now a musical version of it, direct from New York’s Broadway, has just opened at London’s Coliseum. Running until September 7th, it’s a great show, featuring stage and screen star Jamie Muscato in the title role (more on him below) and is bound to be this summer’s hot ticket – to book, visit londongatsby.com.
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2 months ago |
bbc.co.uk | Russell Higham
Home to three Michelin-starred restaurants and a royal gingerbread legacy, the unassuming Lancashire town of Ormskirk is fast becoming the UK's most delicious destination. WWhen it comes to UK destinations for a gourmet weekend away, there's a new name on the lips of serious foodies. Forget the metropolitan streets of Chelsea, Mayfair or even Edinburgh. Britain's latest gastronomic hotspot is in the rural hinterlands of deepest Lancashire.
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