Jon Tindale :: Britain

Britain

With ever more scare stories of global warming, it's time to explore my own doorstep...

Blackpool - England's favourite faded resort and Kubrick's The Shining
Have your fortune told at Britain's favourite faded seaside resort and take a twirl in the ballroom resembles a scene from The Shining. Butlins - All tomorrows parties, Nick Cave and the zombies
Butlins in Minehead. An All Tomorrows Parties music festival featuring Nick Cave, goth zombies, crazy golf and waterslides.Cambridge Folk Festival and Dave Pegg from Fairport Convention
We meet a drunken Dave Pegg (Fairport Convention) at the annual Cambridge Folk Festival. Smoky Orford fishing village and oyster eating
Not a fish finger in sight at this sleepy East Anglian fishing village.CCTV - Smile for the camera
In London today, someone, somewhere, is watching you...Cotswolds
More than meets the eye in sleepy Cotswolds.May Day at Ickwell village, Northill
A very old tradition going strong...Swindon Science Museum and a trip to space
Who'd have thought the British space program would end up in Swindon?Battle for Hastings
Go visit Hastings, land of crazy golf and oysters!Oasis obituary - Wembley Stadium - 11 July 2009
When rock and roll's hard men became soppy karaoke super stars.

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