Brazil’s plan to turn the Pantanal into a waterway threatens the world’s largest wetland

As the evening sky turns violet, the animals of the Pantanal gather by the water. Capybaras swim in tight formation, roseate spoonbills add pink spots to the riverbanks, the rumble of a jaguar pulses from the forest. This tropical wetland is the largest in the world, stretching across Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia, and is home … Read more

A foodie road trip from southern Portugal to the French Jura Mountains

(Hotel Lalique Chateau Lafaurie Peyraguey) It had always been the case that either the children were too young or the car was too old for me and my family to embark on the 1,221 mile road trip that took us from our home in southern Portugal to our wooden chalet on the French coast. would … Read more