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2. St Michael’s Mount Just a quarter of a mile offshore at Marazion, near Penzance, is the arresting sight of the old monastery, St Michael’s Mount, rising dramatically out of the waters of Mount’s Bay. It’s connected to the mainland by a cobbled causeway for low-tide visitors and the National-Trust-managed rocky island harbours a shop, cafe and hamlet of cottages. There’s an option to visit the gardens and castle at the summit, filled with a rich collection of historic artifacts and art. Before you leave, look out for the giant’s heart-shaped stone on the pathway, as well as Quee...

A child looking at Barbara Hepworth's sculpture Family of Man in Wakefield Credit: The Hepworth Wakefield “I don’t know if you remember me,” an art student wrote to Helen Kapp, director of Wakefield Art Gallery, in 1960. “You once purchased a pot cat off me.” Kapp was the doyenne of the Yorkshire art scene at the time, known for acquiring young artists’ work for the Wakefield collection.  This student enclosed a catalogue for his solo exhibition at Skipton Castle. Kapp sent her excuses – the bus trip to Skipton would take a day – but hoped that, when he was home in Bradfor...