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UK Airports find yet another fee to charge

The airlines have their bag fees, change fees, seat fees, and so forth. The government has its taxes of various kinds and security fees and airport improvement fees. So what’s left for a poor airport to do? Well, some of Britain’s airports are now…

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London to Sydney in 4 hours? Just maybe…

Does anyone really believe that’s possible: UK to Australia between breakfast and lunch? Apparently the British government considers it worth some money to find out; it’s invested  £60 million ($92.2 million) in grants to a company…

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UK Citizens now eligible for U.S. Global Entry

Officials look on as traveler uses Global Entry kiosk, away from the lines.   Global Entry, the U.S. “trusted traveler network” that is designed to speed entry into the U.S. for registered members, is now being opened to U.K. citizens. The…

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UK airlines push for more female pilots

In the 40-some years since Britain got its first female commercial airline captain, the numbers on the meter have hardly budged; only 3 percent of the world’s pilots are women, and in Britain just under 6 percent.   At a time of worldwide pilot…

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Max Gate – home of British author Thomas Hardy

Few English authors have such strong associations with the heritage of their local area  as Thomas Hardy, the internationally renowned author of Dorset, England. His books ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’, ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ and ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ were later also translated into TV and film.

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Clouds Hill – home of Lawrence of Arabia

T E Lawrence – British soldier, writer, historian, leader of men – was a man of contradictions. He became a celebrity in the 1920s when his heroism and charisma in the Arab campaigns of 1914-18 war caught the public imagination.

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Whitcombe Church, Dorchester.

William Barnes, Dorset’s own beloved poet and scholar, was curate of this beautiful church at Whitcombe, just outside Dorchester, England. The church is no longer used but remains consecrated.

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UK Airports find yet another fee to charge

The airlines have their bag fees, change fees, seat fees, and so forth. The government has its taxes of various kinds and security fees and airport improvement fees. So what’s left for a poor airport to do? Well, some of Britain’s airports are now…

Read More

London to Sydney in 4 hours? Just maybe…

Does anyone really believe that’s possible: UK to Australia between breakfast and lunch? Apparently the British government considers it worth some money to find out; it’s invested  £60 million ($92.2 million) in grants to a company…

Read More

UK Citizens now eligible for U.S. Global Entry

Officials look on as traveler uses Global Entry kiosk, away from the lines.   Global Entry, the U.S. “trusted traveler network” that is designed to speed entry into the U.S. for registered members, is now being opened to U.K. citizens. The…

Read More

UK airlines push for more female pilots

In the 40-some years since Britain got its first female commercial airline captain, the numbers on the meter have hardly budged; only 3 percent of the world’s pilots are women, and in Britain just under 6 percent.   At a time of worldwide pilot…

Read More

Max Gate – home of British author Thomas Hardy

Few English authors have such strong associations with the heritage of their local area  as Thomas Hardy, the internationally renowned author of Dorset, England. His books ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’, ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ and ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ were later also translated into TV and film.

Read More

Clouds Hill – home of Lawrence of Arabia

T E Lawrence – British soldier, writer, historian, leader of men – was a man of contradictions. He became a celebrity in the 1920s when his heroism and charisma in the Arab campaigns of 1914-18 war caught the public imagination.

Read More

Whitcombe Church, Dorchester.

William Barnes, Dorset’s own beloved poet and scholar, was curate of this beautiful church at Whitcombe, just outside Dorchester, England. The church is no longer used but remains consecrated.

Read More