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...Rolling hills, historic market towns and narrow winding country lanes with a Thomas Hardy-esque feel attract those keen to escape the crowds, says Jo Henry of Jess Simpson Property Search, such as a couple...
...From £165, coldatnight.co.uk (Almost) On Chesil Beach West Dorset: good enough for PJ Harvey and Mark Hix (and Jane Austen, and Thomas Hardy), good enough for us....
...There are two good places to eat: HIX Oyster & Fish House for seafood (the British celebrity chef, Mark Hix, is from the town of Charmouth next door) and Swim, which is the place to go for brunch....
...“Thomas got me into bad company a lot,” he chuckles. Hix has been as integral to the capital’s food scene as the YBAs are to its art....
...Eventually she opts for a restaurant she has not visited before: HIX Mayfair in the quintessentially old English, mahogany-panelled Brown’s Hotel — Agatha Christie was a regular....
...Prof Thomas Christiansen, Maastricht University Prof Renaud Dehousse, Sciences Po, Paris Prof Simon Hix, London School of Economics Prof Christine Neuhold, Maastricht University Dr Christine Reh, University...
...Level 31, The Shard, 31 St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RY, 020 3011 1256 ——————————————- Jared Brown is master distiller at Sipsmith...
.... (£54, or £62 with a glass of champagne) 31 St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9QU; shangri-la.com/london ——————————————- More (alternative) tea … At Mark Hix’s chicken-and-beef redoubt, Tramshed, afternoon...
...Over the next few months there will be a wave of openings across the region, just in time to capitalise on interest inspired by a new film version of Far from the Madding Crowd, the second of Thomas Hardy...
...This is the sylvan area evoked by Thomas Hardy – a place of green, velvet-textured hills and fossil-strewn beaches....
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