IN BRITAIN Magazine January 2000 issue
IN BRITAIN

The monthly magazine of
the British Tourist Authority

published by Premier Media Partners Ltd, London.

IN BRITAIN January 2000
IN BRITAIN January 2000
Front cover photo:
Roseberry Topping, N.Yorkshire
İMike Kipling
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What to find in the January 2000 issue:

Editor's notebook
Rene Magritte in Scotland, Princess Diana's dresses, and plenty of fine antiques for the third millennium.

Forthcoming events
What's happening in Britain?

Letters to the Editor
Write to tell us about your travel experiences, your recommendations for other readers and what you think about IN BRITAIN.

Pleasure Domes
As London's Millennium Dome opens Britain's year 2000 celebrations this month, PAT MOORE looks at how domes - Britain's favourite architectural feature - are used all over the country to great effect.

A Model Citizen
Meet NEIL CUTHBERT who relishes life in miniature as a model maker at Bekonscot Model Village near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire.

Deep & Crisp & Cleveland
As MIKE KIPLING explores Captain Cook's home ground, he is seduced by the wintry charms of the Cleveland Hills in North Yorkshire.

If I Were A RICH Man
The wonderfully ornate home of Robert Wynn in Plas Mawr, Conwy, north Wales, gives a fiscinating insight into the lifestyle of the wealthy during Elizabethan times. CAROL DAVIS dips into these once private spaces.

Sage of Brantwood
Writer, artist, art critic and cultural commentator, John Ruskin died 100 years ago. SALLY VARLOW looks at his life from the perspective of his beloved home, Brantwood, in the Lake District.

The Golden County
South Somerset is an area of rolling hills, golden stone cottages and ancient abbeys. CLARE JOHNSTON explores some of the lesser known highways and byways of this delightful region of the West Country.

An Ancient Craft
Coopering, the ancient craft of making casks to hold liquids, is alive and well and living in Britain. JESSIE ANDERSON looks at how whisky, beer and cider makers are keeping the skills and traditions of coopering alive.

My Bit of Britain
JEFF HAMBLIN , BTA's chief executive, waves the flag - and a football!

DomeDome2

IN BRITAIN January 2000 pages 14-15
London's Millennium Dome

Photos İDavid Sellman

 

 

ClevelandHills

Cleveland Hills in wintertime
Photos İMike Kipling Photo Library

 

 

PlasMawr
Click for IN BRITAIN January 2000 pages 30-31
Plas Mawr, the wonderfully ornate home of Robert Wynn.

Photos İRobert Clayton

 

 

GoldenSomerset
IN BRITAIN January 2000 pages 48-49
South Somerset of hills, stone cottages and ancient abbeys.
Photos İTim Woodcock Photo Library

 


 

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