Cannabis tourism is on the rise, the only question is where do you mariju-wanna go? The world’s attitude to weed is changing fast, partly due to the abject failure of regulation, the cost of policing and partly down to changing social attitudes. While medical opinion’s arguably...
There are many places worth visiting in the US, and it can be overwhelming to try and settle on one. Still, an under-the-radar destination becoming trendier by the day is Nashville. The rightful home of country music, the state capital of Tennessee got its place in the spotlight with an eponymous...
Life can be hella hectic, especially when you live in a city and the resounding noise in your head is that of tube announcements and beeping horns. Knowing this, we’ve mentally whisked ourselves away to worlds unknown, where social media is forbidden and days are spent laying amongst flora...
My current position as The Handbook’s official Aus-plorer gives me a whole host of bragging rights and enviable insta posts. However, I’m also sharing with you my blossoming knowledge of the hottest spots down under. One such hot spot is Noosa, Australia’s east coast capital of chic ‘n...
Who hasn’t looked listlessly out of the window, dreaming of escaping a dreary job and jumping on a plane to discover the world? Not me, my desk is below-ground, but if you’re feeling the call of adventure, luring you to cross oceans and discover new worlds there are certain things you...
Some things are just quintessentially British; football hooligans tearing apart a Spanish café, Jacob Rees-Mogg spouting off about poor people, losing at cricket or losing at Brexit. But nothing beats eating on a train. And not a gently defrosted sausage roll on the delayed Virgin service to...
There are times that Travelodge just won’t cut it. And those times are literally ALL of the time. But if you’re a ‘wherever I hang my hat, that’s my home’ type you nevertheless appreciate when the place you hang it is more than a ‘Formula Une’ on the...
They’re moody, intriguing and definitely verging on gothic, but what makes sand black?! Well, the likelihood is that fragments of lava and other volcanic minerals were broken down over centuries by the ocean causing a rather new outtake on typical white sand beaches. And luckily for the...
When you live in a country where Pancake Day counts as an ‘extreme’ festival, you know you’ve got to get out a bit more. In India an extreme festival involves being covered head-to-toe in multi-coloured dyes, in other parts of the world it involves being kettled by a thousand...
It’s time to get Baía do Sancho on your radar, as it’s just been named Trip Advisor’s best beach of 2019! Sitting snug on the small island of Fernando de Noronha off Brazil, it’s not the first time that the beach has received such an accolade having been TA’s best...
