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Died: April 15, 2021. EVELYN McNICOL, who has died aged 94, was a Scottish doctor who became a pioneer of women’s climbing. At a time when very few women climbed mountains, and when the equipment they had was rudimentary, Dr McNicol and two friends formed the first all-female British expedition to the Himalayas in 1955. At just 28, she was the youngest member of the team. Dr McNicol, who was born in Glasgow, had always had a pioneering physical spirit and she retained it until the end of her life. As a girl, she had been a keen hockey player and swimmer and once considered a career ...

Getty Images The Queen and Prince Philip married in 1947, 74 years ago, making history as the longest marriage of any British sovereign. Back then they were, of course, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, tying the knot in the rather austere years of post-war Britain. So, what really happened on their wedding day? Here’s what went down on the Big Day itself. The engagement The Queen and Prince Philip’s love story began back in 1939. Princess Elizabeth was just 13 years old, her dashing distant cousin, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, was five years her senior a...

These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Our writers visited these hotels pre-pandemic. Bath has no shortage of noteworthy historic and contemporary bathing pools. There's the Roman Baths and Thermae Bath Spa, whose pools are filled with natural thermal water, and the Cleveland Pools – a Regency-era lido currently undergoing a massive restoration – is likely to make a big splash when it opens in 2022. The city also has a good selection of hotels with indoor and/or outdoor pools, and ther...

How war photographer Lee Miller saved Vogue and British fashion during World War 2 Photographer Lee Miller became a key contributor to British Vogue during the war years. An exhibition of her work, some unseen, opens in May 6 March 2021 • 6:00am Model Elizabeth Cowell photographed by Lee Miller wearing a Digby Morton suit in London, 1941 Credit:  ©Lee Miller Archive, England 2020  Fresh from swimming on the Côte d’Azur with her friend Picasso, the photographer Lee Miller would have been dazzlingly tanned – pale blonde hair gleaming – when she turned up at British Vogue’s New Bon...