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20 January is 'Blue Monday', supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Academics reportedly calculated this based on factors such as back-to-work blues, bad weather, post-Christmas debts and all those broken New Year Resolutions.

Christmas can be a very stressful time for women as they attempt to mediate between family members and organise endless lists. It's no wonder that a leading travel expert says an increasing number are planning to take a solo trip abroad.

Why is it that Christmas time and creepy ghost stories go hand in hand? M.R. James' ghost stories, many of which were first told at Christmas gatherings at King's College, Cambridge, have now become a staple of an English Christmas.

A leading travel expert has selected London's top Seasonal Seven Christmas markets.

This summer, many holidaymakers on a budget discovered the money-saving secret of staying in university rooms out of term time. Often in central locations, university rooms are an inexpensive place to stay while students are away.

While many universities are welcoming 'freshers' and returning students this September, Oxford and Cambridge terms don't start until mid-October.

To get the true Cambridge experience, it's now possible to stay in some of its most historic and atmospheric colleges.

In the 1999 movie Notting Hill, Hugh Grant's character, William, memorably said to Julia Roberts: 'I live in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are, my mother has trouble remembering my name'.

Confusion over Edinburgh's controversial short-term let regulations is threatening to create a crisis in accommodation for Edinburgh Fringe visitors and performers.

Hobbit lovers and fans of the magical world of Narnia can now stay in some of the Oxford colleges where the famous authors of The Hobbit and The Chronicles of Narnia spent much of their lives.