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When it comes to hotels in the UK, we always hear the same names: The Newt, Thyme, The Pig… so we’ve tried to dig around this week and focus on some different UK fun and staycation options, as well as top tips so you can make the most out of your trips. This is a bumper issue, with thanks to our insiders who contributed. We hope you find the time to read it all. Happy July all!
Taryn and Team UJ xx
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 | |  | | | Bolney Vineyard | | Wine O'clock | | UK vineyards to try | | | It was just English Wine Week, did you know? Want to try some UK wines? For sparkling, the Hampshire-based Hattingley Valley looks good; we’ll have the sparkling red ‘English Lady’ please. For variety, we’re heading down to Sussex (the ‘wine county of England’, they say), where the Sussex Modern collective includes 13 different innovative wineries. And for something in London, it’s the Renegade Urban Winery and Bar in E2.
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|  | |  | | | Run Clubs | | The new kool | | | Running’s having a bit of a moment. If park runs were a sign of lockdown times, it seems new run clubs are the product of them, too. Click through to see three for your radar.
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|  | |  | | | Bags | | Holdalls | | | Summer means time off (hopefully), so we’re thinking about bags. Bags to take to the beach, bags to take to the market, bags to take to the park. Time for an upgrade.
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|  | | |  | | BOSCASTLE | | Alex Key and Freddie Woodruff, Founders of The Rocket Store
For something new in Cornwall, we’re looking to The Rocket Store in Boscastle. Founders Alex and Freddie tell us about the inspiration behind the restaurant that we’re hearing such great things about, and more.
UJ: Why Boscastle?
Alex: I grew up in Boscastle – we have a farm just outside the village… and I managed to convince Fred that Boscastle was a viable option! It’s a beautiful village and there is a lovely community here.
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|  | |  | | | Pensons | | Restaurants with Rooms | | For your radar | | | José Pizarro has The Swan Inn Esher, a Spanish pub with rooms in Surrey serving tapas, paellas, and Estrellas; Michelin-starred restaurant Pensons in Herefordshire is becoming a restaurant with two en-suite rooms (coming soon) and a five-course tasting menu, breakfast, and a stay for two is £400; and Andrew Clarke (St Leonards) is heading up the food at Hertford House Hotel.
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|  | |  | | | Alice Tate | | By Alice Tate | | Head of PR, The Hoxton | | | We’re always wanderlusting through Alice’s Instagram. If there’s a windswept scenic view, perfect picnic spot for outside wine-ing, or a great countryside bolthole, rest assured, she knows it. Alice has given us five of her favourite out-of-London spots for fresh air fun.
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|  | |  | | | Kitchen Table | | Around Town | | 6/7/21 | | | From two outside (Flor and the Dorchester Roof) to a refurbed institution (Kitchen Table), a new Soho seafood spot, and an instant fave (Imad’s – GO!) there’s a lot to look forward to!
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| | |  | | | Cook Books | | Cornwall to you | | | Try these if you need a little Cornish inspiration at home. Prawn on the Lawn has just published a new edition of their Fish and Seafood to Share cookbook, and The Hidden Hut is a classic.
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|  | |  | | | Gemma Bell | Feed | | Tips make Trips | | New! New! New! | | | Our new section, Tips Make Trips, is where we have some of our favourite people giving you a heads up on insider tips for different destinations. First up: the ever-knowing, glowing, restaurant PR owner Gemma Bell on Cornwall, take note!
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|  | |  | | | BAO Noodle Shop | | New Asian Restaurants | | LDN | | | There are a lot of new spots coming in on the Asian front. Click through to see the Top 10 on our radar.
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|  | |  | | | The Lost Poet | | New Notting Hill hotel | | | A four-bedroom boutique guesthouse on Portobello Road (at the Notting Hill Gate end), from design studio Cubic, opening soon!
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| | |  | | | Foodie Events | | Diaries out | | | So, Paul Ainsworth is touring his Travelling Feast around the UK this summer, bringing some of Britain’s favourite chefs and food trucks to some of the best spots in Cornwall including Padstow, Boconnoc, Helford and Port Isaac. Exeter’s ‘cult cafe’ (they say!), The Exploding Bakery, are doing a summer of chef takeovers, with Mambow on the 9th (we love), and Wild Artichokes and Ducksoup after. And in London, Morito are doing music nights every Tuesday on Hackney Road (£40pp, three courses and music).
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|  | |  | | | Vegan-a-Thon | | New London spots | | | There seem to be two camps right now for vegans: the vegan junk food side, and the elevated, almost, dare-we-say fashion vegan. Whichever way you lean, there are some great options coming through.
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|  | |  | | | Richmond | | New members’ club | | | All we know so far is Bingham Riverhouse – hotel, restaurant, etc. – now has a members’ club, which means should you want a river view while you work, with the potential of using their nearby sister spa and wellbeing club (with the right membership option) and even staying over (if you book in), this could be a membership worth having.
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|  | |  | | | Refresh | | Glow up | | | Is all this newfound summer fun making you feel like you need a refresh? Nosh has a new summer cleanse program, which works wonders in three days. Light and clear is how you should be feeling by day 3, and as it includes some food too (with things like cheese and good dressings), you don’t have to stop everything to do it. A glow-up to take you into high summer.
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