Harry Mount

How to avoid the tourist backlash

There are plenty of quiet spots if you look in the right place

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Harry Mount

Harry Mount is editor of The Oldie and author of How England Made the English (Penguin) and Et Tu, Brute? The Best Latin Lines Ever (Bloomsbury)

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