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I get a kick from CHAMPAGNE ... But then, who doesn't? Our man raises his glass to a magical family break in France with fizz, fun and compelling history
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Daily Mail
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July 16, 2005| Author:
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MY CHILDREN disagree with me about history. I am obsessed by it.
Harry and Charlotte, 22 and 27, find a little goes a long way.
They still haven't quite forgiven me for reciting chunks of
Macaulay's epic poem Horatius on the Tiber bridge in Rome a while
ago.
Happily, however, they continue to indulge me.
Once a year or so, we take a short break, just the three of us,
and we compromise - a bit of history, to please me, and a lot of
eating and drinking, to please us all.
In the past, as well as Italy, we have been to Botswana (less
history, more animals) and Scotland. This year, it was ...
