Travel newsletter Your weekly round-up of the best travel inspiration, guides, hotel reviews and advice from our experts. Sign up with one click You’ve successfully signed up to the Travel newsletter Explore our newsletters An error occurred. Travel newsletter Explore our newslettersIn the winter of 2019 I went on a budget coach holiday to Scarborough and enjoyed every second of it. In Bradford — UK City of Culture last year — I copped a lot of the local painter David Hockney, admired the architecture (or most of it, anyway) and walked an alpaca on the moorlands neighbouring the city. You get the picture: my exploration of the UK’s nether regions has delivered no shortage of amusement and intrigue.

Source: The Times February 14, 2026 15:33 UTC