“No one lifts anymore, right?” I hear people say this often and I proudly respond that I have lifted every decade of my life except the first. And I’m not about to stop just because I’m in my 80s now. There I was, last year at the age of 82, standing along the road in … Read more
Don’t worry about itineraries and to-do lists; the best way to experience Devon is to be impulsive and do what the mood (and weather) takes you. The best part is being outdoors: exploring the square-jawed landscape of Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks, cycling along the riverside paths, surfing, sailing, birdwatching on Lundy Island and walking … Read more
Devon has some of Britain’s most beautiful beaches, where you can do everything from romantic walks to surfing. The north coast is lined with wild and windswept stretches of sand, some as long as three miles, but there are secluded treasures here too, including Victorian tide pools and hidden coves accessible to those who dare. … Read more
When she was 21, painter Frances Bell was “living in the trunk of [her] car” who earns £10,000 a year. “All the stereotypes about starving in an attic room turn out to be true,” she says of an artist’s early career. By then she had taken a course at the Charles H Cecil Studios in … Read more
Aparthotels offer the best of both worlds for a stay in the capital, giving you the hotel experience with the added freedom that comes with your own private place in London. Plus the chance to live like a local in some pretty chic postcodes. Whether you’re looking for a luxurious place to call home for … Read more
No holiday in Devon is complete without experiencing three classic meals: a pub lunch, seaside fish and chips and a traditional cream tea. Fine dining is also fantastic in the county, with four Michelin star restaurants and a range of English country house hotels to choose from. There are also plenty of quirky locations, including … Read more
There’s a delightful French brawl going on in the leafy Parisian district of Montmartre, once famous for its bohemian artists but lately increasingly gentrified and commercialized by mass tourism. It involves angry protests, accusations of harassment, a bitter feud between former friends, a luxury hotel – and pétanque. The 52-year-old pétanque club, Club Lepic Abbesses … Read more
From Chernobyl to ground zero of the September 11 terrorist attack in New York City, tourists have long flocked to places where some of the darkest events in human history unfolded. Lancashire is one such attraction, with interest in the Pendle Witch Trials of 1612, in which ten people were hanged after being imprisoned in … Read more
Until recently, visitors to New York essentially had two options: hotel rooms or short-term rental platforms like Airbnb. But in September 2023, the city began enforcing a 2022 law that prohibited people from renting out their homes for less than 30 days (unless the host was staying in the home with guests). Now hotel rooms … Read more
In a country made up of some fifteen million Theravada Buddhists, I struggled to enter a meditative Buddhist state of compassion as the whirring air-conditioned bus I traveled through Sri Lanka was filled with meaningless chatter and a touch of travel braggadocio. . As someone who enjoys exploring off-the-beaten-path destinations, usually solo and almost always … Read more
