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21 good Reasons To book eaRly

For Black Friday (this week) and Cyber Monday (November 30), travel firm G Adventures is offering a range of deals for 2021, including up to and over 21 per cent off many trips, and 21 per cent off solo rooms, over a 21-day period. You could be sailing around the Maldives on a traditional dhoni from £1,019 (down from £1,199), exploring the Amazon river from £1,259 (down from £1,799) or adventuring around Costa Rica from £552 (down from £699).

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see cosTuMe dRaMa in new yoRk

Have you been swooning over Diana’s gowns in The Crown? Or drooling over Beth Harmon’s shift dresses in The Queen’s Gambit? The chance to get closer to these fabulous wardrobes comes in the form of a new virtual exhibition by the Brooklyn Museum in New York. You can gawp at Beth’s Endgame dress, Diana’s Braemar Games suit and, of course, that ivory silk and taffeta wedding dress. You can also hear from the costume designers.

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i’M noT a celebRiTy... geT Me To wales!

If the antics of Beverley Callard and co have inspired you, then head to Wales (when it’s safe to travel). You could undergo a bushtucker trial at Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm in Pembrokeshire, which uses insects to demonstrate how we can eat more sustainably (thebugfarm.co.uk); rocket your heart rate on zip line Velocity 2 at Zip World near Bangor (zipworld.co.uk); or try to avoid freezing water on an efoil in the Menai Straits (foilride.co.uk).