The monthly magazine of the British Tourist Authority published by Premier Media Partners Ltd, London.
	IN BRITAIN January 2001 Front cover photo: Scotland by motorbike

What to find in the January 2001 issue:

Editor's notebook Mapping Britain's best-kept gardens, 2,000 years of Chinese history, trams back on track in south London, the birth of baroque, antique hunting in Birmingham and Scotland's light-houses illuminated. 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. Once upon a time There's something about East Anglia that brings out the kid in you. SALLY VARLOW explores the landscape that has fuelled the imagination of many of Britain's greatest 20th-century children's writers. "Taxi" Meet "cabbie" KAREN WINTER, one of only a handful of women black taxi drivers, who loves the characters, the freedom and the excitement of the London streets. Belfast revisited Belfast has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance over the past five years. ROS DRINKWATER returns to the city to see why it's been voted one of the top ten millennium destinations in the world. Changing Rooms Spend the night in a police cell or retire to an operating theatre on a tour of Britain's more unusual holiday accommodation - hotel with a past... ROBIN MEAD sleeps on the job. Of ducks & daffodils Dinky little cottages, nutty local ales and Lewis Carroll's White Rabbit - PAT MOORE visits the Wonderland that is the Yorkshire Wolds. Towering Trio JACKIE NEWEY penetrates the Welsh Border defences on the Three Castles Walk in Monmouthshire. Location hunting West Dorset has been the star of many a film and TV series. CLARE ROBERTS tours the locations and discovers it's not just the glamour of the silver screen that gives the countryside its magic quality. Island Riders The empty, winding roads and dramatic scenery of Scotland's west coast and the surrounding islands are a motorcyclist's dream. PAUL GLENDELL takes the high road. My Bit of Britain DAME THORA HIRD found her acting feet, her love of the Lord and a husband in her "beloved home town" of Morecambe in Lancashire. She shares her fond memories. What are they like? BRYAN McNERNEY on the British.

Click for IN BRITAIN January 2001 pages 18-19 London taxi driver Karen Winter PhotoİRobert Clayton/Corbis   Click for IN BRITAIN January 2001 pages 32-33 Wonderland of the Yorkshire Wolds PhotoİMike Kipling   Click for IN BRITAIN January 2001 pages 38-39 Jackie Newey visiting Monmouthshire castles PhotosİJackie Newey   Click for IN BRITAIN January 2001 pages 50-51 Scottish islands, a motorcyclist's dream Photos İPaul Glendell