The Doctor Who star has been lauded for his performance as Hamlet since it opened in Shakespeare's home town in August.

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To experience the best leg of Via's cross-country service, take the Snow Train, which runs from Vancouver's grand beaux arts railroad station through a series of stunning snowbound mountain ranges to the hamlet of Jasper in the middle of 4, 200-square-mile Jasper National Park (home to some of the world's best, least-crowded skiing, at Marmot Basin).

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The 16th-century timber-framed thatched cottage that was his country home for his last three decades stands in excellent repair in Shallowford, a deeply rural, tiny hamlet aptly named for the fishing stream that runs through the property.

WSJ: It Has Hooked Generations of Fishermen | Izaak Walton | The Compleat Angler | By H. George Fletcher