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South Carolina's beaches mainly exist on barrier islands, each with its own character, offering grey green waves and wide, shell littered beaches.

Winchelsea Beach features a long sweep of steep shingle beach with sand and rockpools at low tide, making it an ideal spot for swimming and relaxation.

The first floor is now home to The Ballroom, a cocktail bar and events space with room for 250 people to sip cocktails and listen to vinyl. The room gives strong '70s vibes, with raspberry-pink walls, leather and PVC booth-style seating and oak details all adding to the old school aesthetic.

On average, Brits have 105 sexual encounters per year, equating to roughly two a week. However, their ideal frequency is 144 times a year - about three times a week. The majority of people said they weren't satisfied with the frequency of their sexual activity, with only 22% of women and 26% of men saying they were 'always' satisfied with the amount of sex they were having.

Taking in a show at Brunswick's Historic Ritz Theatre is like stepping into living history. Now a vibrant performance space managed by Golden Isles Arts & Humanities, the Ritz brings the community together with live performances, film, art, and culture in the heart of Historic Downtown Brunswick.

It is a cold, damp day in January, but the buzz at Goodwood is electric. On a 75-acre woodland encircled by flint walls, about a thousand new trees and 100,000 bulbs are taking root. Work is at full pelt on the refurbishment of two flat-roofed pavilions, originally designed for the Cass Sculpture Foundation by architect Craig Downie, and the construction of a new café, created by his studio.

Somewhere between truffle fries and fully loaded fries, we crossed a line. What began as indulgent extras has turned into a full-blown flavour arms race. Carrots arrive drenched in hot honey and chilli. Cabbage is glossed with XO. Potatoes are crushed, confit, fried twice, showered in herbs, spice blends and something crunchy for good measure. Sides aren't padding. They're flavour bombs, competing with starters and mains for attention.

Fiona Twycross, the heritage minister, is to be congratulated for finally giving London's Southbank Centre Grade II listing (Campaigners welcome long overdue' listing of brutalist Southbank Centre, 10 February). I remember being shocked when I first saw it in the 1960s, but it has become a remarkable symbol of the zeitgeist. Its grey concrete and its childlike composition together express the fatalism and despair of a nation in economic and political decline.

The Home Counties offer a best of both worlds.

Brighton were thumped 3-0 by Liverpool at Anfield last Saturday, with Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah all on target in a comfortable win for the Reds. It was a result that meant the Seagulls have now won just two of their last 15 games in all competitions (D6 L7), losing three on the bounce without scoring for the first time since March 2024, piling the pressure on Hurzeler.

But saving up doesn't mean resigning yourself to weekends full of nothing. Especially in London. Sure, there are countless things in the city that can very easily tempt you to part with your cash, but there are also plenty of art exhibitions, cultural festivals and annual gatherings happening this weekend that are completely free of charge. Even if you're not trying to be money conscious right now, they're worth your time.

'I started crying,' Azar told me one afternoon last summer, as we sat on the sun-drenched porch of Gifford, overlooking the brick courtyard. Guests popped over to bid him hello, and he gently directed them over the lobby bar for a moment of respite from the heat. He continued the story: 'I was like, 'This is actually why I'm doing this.'

We gravitated towards the Blue Ball as teenagers, not because they served underage drinkers. They didn't. And we could only afford to drink lime and soda anyway. No, we loved this place because it had (drumroll) two bars. So we were not only cool enough to go down the pub (never to the pub, strictly down the pub or, better still, down the Blue), but we even had our own bar.

If you're an art deco architecture geek, you'll no doubt know all about Ibex House. The shimmering pale office building, which you'll find on the east side of the Minories in the City, is renowned for its long streamline moderne curves and mesmerising black-framed windows. The vast H-shaped structure is Grade II-listed and one of London's most remarkable surviving art deco buildings.

The Big Brine, co-founded by Emma and Clarice, who have backgrounds in events and event catering, will bring together the worlds of food, wellness and sustainability by showcasing the craft and culture behind brining and fermenting.

Not many chefs working in small, family-run restaurants expect global megastars to turn up for dinner and to design them a menu from scratch. But that's what happened to Simona Di Dio last weekend, when she cooked dishes inspired by her Italian grandmother's recipes for Madonna, who sat on the single wooden dining table in their cosy, candlelit Italian restaurant in Margate's old town.

Brighton vs Bournemouth will do battle on Monday Night Football in the Premier League this evening. The Seagulls are unbeaten in their last four games in all competitions, which included last weekend's huge 2-1 FA Cup third-round win at Old Trafford. Bournemouth have said bye-bye to star man Antoine Semenyo, and now must find a solid replacement, with the Ghana international having departed for Manchester City.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

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