Notes on…

The romanticism of fell and water

The Lake District

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling is the best thing in the Lake District. I lived near Wigton, just north of the…

The romanticism of fell and water

Wrestling with the romantic glory of the Lake District

29 October 2015 9:00 am

Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling is the best thing in the Lake District. I lived near Wigton, just north of the…

Sand that might be mistaken for Caribbean

Anglesey: la dolce vita in north Wales

24 October 2015 9:00 am

We teased our friends by saying that our holiday would be on a far-away island. The Maldives, perhaps? No, Anglesey,…

Sand that might be mistaken for Caribbean

Anglesey: la dolce vita in north Wales

22 October 2015 2:00 pm

We teased our friends by saying that our holiday would be on a far-away island. The Maldives, perhaps? No, Anglesey,…

Adventures on the isle that seduced Odysseus

17 October 2015 9:00 am

Gozo — Malta’s tiny island neighbour — was once rather a crucial spot in the Mediterranean. The Knights of Malta…

Adventures on the isle that seduced Odysseus

15 October 2015 2:00 pm

Gozo — Malta’s tiny island neighbour — was once rather a crucial spot in the Mediterranean. The Knights of Malta…

Look out below: one of The Hague’s gargoyles

Look beyond ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ in The Hague

10 October 2015 9:00 am

What a fate it is to be hung next to the most famous painting in a gallery. To be overlooked,…

Look out below: one of The Hague’s gargoyles

Look beyond ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ in The Hague

8 October 2015 2:00 pm

What a fate it is to be hung next to the most famous painting in a gallery. To be overlooked,…

Transatlantic grandeur: A Cunard liner in 1932

Notes on cruising

3 October 2015 8:00 am

By the end of my ten-day Atlantic crossing to New York, a new wellbeing seemed to radiate from me. Lulled…

Transatlantic grandeur: A Cunard liner in 1932

Cruising

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

By the end of my ten-day Atlantic crossing to New York, a new wellbeing seemed to radiate from me. Lulled…

Autumn: time for a pie

Autumn, season of conkers and new boots

26 September 2015 9:00 am

Each year when I see the first conker of the autumn I think: fire up the ancestral ovens! This incendiary…

Autumn: time for a pie

Autumn

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

Each year when I see the first conker of the autumn I think: fire up the ancestral ovens! This incendiary…

La Baule: the view from the beach

Having a ball in La Baule

19 September 2015 8:00 am

The reaction of the chap on the door at Le Bidule told me that they weren’t used to seeing English…

La Baule: the view from the beach

La Baule

17 September 2015 1:00 pm

The reaction of the chap on the door at Le Bidule told me that they weren’t used to seeing English…

She knows who’s next

Six rules for a perfect pub

12 September 2015 9:00 am

Whenever one of those news stories appears about how many pubs have been forced to close in the last year,…

She knows who’s next

The perfect pub

10 September 2015 1:00 pm

Whenever one of those news stories appears about how many pubs have been forced to close in the last year,…

Dublin: a small town wrapped in a great city

Theatre, gossip and Guinness: the craic of Dublin

5 September 2015 9:00 am

What a delight it is to toy with a wooden newspaper-holder rather than a smartphone, tucked away in the cosy…

Dublin: a small town wrapped in a great city

Dublin

3 September 2015 1:00 pm

What a delight it is to toy with a wooden newspaper-holder rather than a smartphone, tucked away in the cosy…

What happens when they’ve climbed the ladder?

The lessons of exam results season (and what to do about them)

29 August 2015 9:00 am

Every year without fail, as the trees start thinking about losing their leaves, the papers are full of the same…

What happens when they’ve climbed the ladder?

The lessons of exam results season

27 August 2015 1:00 pm

Every year without fail, as the trees start thinking about losing their leaves, the papers are full of the same…

Escape Antigua’s tourists (but be ready to confront some grim secrets)

22 August 2015 9:00 am

‘Tourism, tourism and tourism,’ said my Antiguan cab driver, when I asked what the country’s main industries were. Still, it’s…

Antigua

20 August 2015 1:00 pm

‘Tourism, tourism and tourism,’ said my Antiguan cab driver, when I asked what the country’s main industries were. Still, it’s…

The Alster: Hamburg’s centrepiece

Wealthy, cosmopolitan – and sometimes rough: the secrets of Hamburg (and my grandmother)

15 August 2015 9:00 am

‘What was it like growing up in Liverpool?’ a journalist asked John Lennon. ‘I didn’t grow up in Liverpool,’ he…

The Alster: Hamburg’s centrepiece

Hamburg

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

‘What was it like growing up in Liverpool?’ a journalist asked John Lennon. ‘I didn’t grow up in Liverpool,’ he…

Tripe, pale tawny port and LSD: the delicious flavours of Oporto

8 August 2015 9:00 am

‘When he’s away, the thing he misses about Porto is the tripe.’ I was talking to Eduarda Sandeman, wife of…