Walking Leicester’s new Richard III trail – 530 years in the making
A walk threading through the city follows in the footsteps of the Yorkist king vanquished in 1485, whose remains were found – beneath a car park – in 2012
April 2019
Take the kids to …
Take the kids to … the National Space Centre, Leicester
Rockets, a huge planetarium, bags of interactive fun – and a moon landing anniversary to celebrate – make for a stellar day out
February 2015
Let's go to
Let’s go to … Leicester
History buffs will know all about Richard III’s forthcoming funeral in Leicester’s cathedral but before that they might want to loosen up a little at the city’s big-name comedy festival
June 2013
Britain's best bike rides
Watermead country park, Leicester
Britain's Best Bike Rides: An east Midlands ride taking in the river Soar and Grand Union canal
February 2013
Leicester curry houses: a taste of little India – video
Leicester's Golden Mile is one of the best places to discover Indian culture and food without leaving Britain. Marcel Theroux visits Bobby's, the oldest vegetarian curry house in the city, for a lesson in – and a taste of – Gujarati cooking
Shortcuts
Is Richard III's Leicester the next tourist hotspot?
Apart from Greyfriars car park, final resting place of the last Plantagenet king of England, where else might holidaymakers visit in this East Midlands city?
Leicester travel tips: a city of Hindu spires
The exquisite carvings at Leicester's BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir temple were created by craftsmen brought in from India
May 2012
Britain's best bike rides
Derby canal and Cloud trail, Derbyshire and Leicestershire
A scenic, traffic-free route along Derby's towpaths and old railway lines
September 2011
Where to go next month
Where to go in October
OK, summer was a washout. But the good news is that October is a brilliant time to go on holiday – whether it's walking in the UK and Morocco, experiencing a real Indian summer, discovering Venice without the crowds, or just chilling in Spain
November 2010
Britain's best budget eats
Leicester's top 10 budget eats for Diwali
Tony Naylor travels to the 'curry capital of Britain' for Diwali to find the best budget eats in the city
January 2008
Checking in
Checking in
Hotel Maiyango, St Nicholas Place, Leicester 0116 251 88 98; www.maiyango.com
September 2006
Matthew Norman on restaurants
The Case, St Martins, Leicester
Matthew Norman: "I don't suppose," suggested my cousin Nick, as we toyed with our starters at The Case, "there's any chance of swapping this for a packet or two of Smoky Bacon?"
May 2005
Taste match
Leicester may not be on the standard tourist menu, but the city's history of immigration gives it a unique flavour. Gwyn Topham samples a taste of Asia.
December 2003
Sexing up the cities
Skilled marketing may help but can Hull or Leicester really draw the tourists?
Donald Hiscock gives four cities eager to boost their image the once over.
April 2002
Week three: through the heart of England
A preview of the route for the third week of Mike Holland's journey - through Market Harborough and Leicester and on to the great River Trent.
February 2002
Bobby's, Leicester
Eating out
March 2001
Spice up your life
You don't fancy the country because of foot and mouth - but you can follow Stephen McClarence on a British spice trail through Bolton, Bradford and Leicester for home furnishings, gold jewellery, temples, henna tattoos and curries.
