http://gouk.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com United Kingdom Travel GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-12T03:00:11Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/14/wordless-wednesday-the-swannery-abbotsbury.htm ©Sandra Keuz/ courtesy of The Swannery What is Wordless Wednesday? ... http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/14/wordless-wednesday-the-swannery-abbotsbury.htm 2008-05-14T01:26:55Z http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/12/registration-extended-for-oxford-university-the-easy-way.htm It's not too late to be an Oxford fellow...Well kind of. Oxford University's week long summer school classes at Christ Church College, The Oxford Experience , include studying with Oxford... http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/12/registration-extended-for-oxford-university-the-easy-way.htm 2008-05-12T03:00:11Z http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/11/wow-summer-d.htm It is a beautiful Sunday. The air - even in London - smells all leafy and green, British "boys of summer" are playing cricket on village greens, there is not... http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/11/wow-summer-d.htm 2008-05-11T09:10:13Z http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/09/english-pub-review-ho-ward-chows-down-at-the-horse-and-jockey.htm H.O. Ward, our intrepid pub reviewer in the South of England, finds a pub with a great horse story and a delicious menu. He's been back three times and has... http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/09/english-pub-review-ho-ward-chows-down-at-the-horse-and-jockey.htm 2008-05-09T11:30:33Z http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/08/easier-train-fares-i-say.htm Visitors to the UK who try to buy train tickets for the odd single journey or two have found themselves totally flummoxed by the bewildering array of rail ticket categories... http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/08/easier-train-fares-i-say.htm 2008-05-08T15:03:52Z http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/07/dog-friendly-in-the-peak-district.htm The recently refurbed Maynard Hotel near Sheffield in the Peak District, has declared itself a dog-friendly zone in the nicest possible way. We haven't yet visited the Maynard but... http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/07/dog-friendly-in-the-peak-district.htm 2008-05-07T11:30:16Z http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/05/one-very-special-and-very-short-night-at-stonehenge.htm The Summer Solstice, the longest day (or the shortest night, depending upon your point of view) in the Northern Hemisphere, is a very special time at Stonehenge. It is the... http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/05/one-very-special-and-very-short-night-at-stonehenge.htm 2008-05-05T17:39:40Z http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/02/the-edinburgh-international-film-festival-moves-to-june.htm For the first time in its 61 year history, the Edinburgh International Film Festival will be held in June. The world's oldest continuously run annual film festival is scheduled for... http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/02/the-edinburgh-international-film-festival-moves-to-june.htm 2008-05-02T16:07:14Z http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/01/artists-invited-to-compete-for-20000-liverpool-commission.htm Artists working in any medium, anywhere in the world, are invited to bid for the chance of a £20,000 commission to create a new map of Liverpool. The... http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/05/01/artists-invited-to-compete-for-20000-liverpool-commission.htm 2008-05-01T15:28:13Z http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/04/26/racing-at-york-in-may.htm The thoroughbred racing season is warming up in England and one of the best places to see the best of English flat racing is at the York Racecourse. Racing meets... http://gouk.about.com/b/2008/04/26/racing-at-york-in-may.htm 2008-04-26T14:05:08Z