Britain has an epic slice of Italianate yesteryear in Hadrian’s Wall Credit: Getty How does the old Alice Cooper song go? “School’s out, for winter. School’s out, forever.” Not quite – but it might feel as if those are appropriate lyrics at the moment, when another full lockdown has descended on the UK and the education system is once again largely shuttered against Covid-19 – officially until mid-February, but maybe all the way into March. How to get through the coming weeks, with the children under your feet? One solution will be to daydream of travel – but not just beaches and resorts. If you are going to let your mind wander to distant shores, why not summon up the image of a holiday that will assist your offspring’s learning in a far more stimulating manner than your fractious attempts at home-teaching or a Zoom lesson?