The Idle Rocks review: lazy days in Cornwall 

This hotel in St Mawes offers a haven of peace and tranquility

The Idle Rocks hotel in St Mawes, Cornwall

The poet Zofia Ilinska was 17 when Soviet tanks rolled into Poland in 1939. The family fled to Britain, but even in her new adopted home, there was still violence and sadness. She lost her first husband to the war, and later, her beloved son was killed in a car accident.

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