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    Harriet Compston is an author and travel writer who has contributed to publications including Country Life, Forbes, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Independent and Tatler.
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    Lord Crewe Arms: A beautiful guest house beloved of W. H. Auden

    ‘No other spot brings me sweeter memories,’ remarked the poet W. H. Auden about the Lord Crewe Arms. 90 years later, the beauty of this historic bolthole, on the Northumberland/Co Durham border, hasn’t changed. Harriet Compston paid a visit.

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      The Double Red Duke: A beautiful inn with wonderful food, and the joys of the Cotswolds on the doorstep

      With travel across Britain back, Harriet Compston visited the Double Red Duke in Oxfordshire.

      By Harriet Compston Published 26 June 21

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