We don’t know about you but whenever we think of cottages, Kate Winslet’s adorable chocolate box home in The Holiday pops to mind – thatched roof, adorned with roses and sat, cosily, on its lonesome in a snow dusted field. It’s cute, it’s totes English and there are...
Straya! The land of kangaroos, unwavering sunshine, beaches made of gold, shrimps being thrown on barbies, and accents like ours but just slightly cooler. To escape the humdrum of a cold and wet England over the Christmas period I jetted off to Australia’s Sunshine Coast; a place that...
If you’ve tested London’s finest hotels, exhausted the supply of best hotels outside of London and stayed at the most stylish boutiques, then why not try a treehouse? It might sound a little Countryfile, but bear in mind that the modern ones have all the requisite home comforts of a...
They say you can’t improve a classic. Well, if they re-made the music video for WHAM’s ‘Last Christmas’ now, they’d be staying in one of these incredible chalets. And it’d definitely be better. George Michael would be wooing model Kathy Hill (surely a...
I recently stayed in a hotel with shared bathrooms down the hall and I thought that was an extreme hotel. Turns out I haven’t seen anything. Here are a selection of genuinely extreme hotels for your thrills and enjoyment.
In recent years, the South West of England has gained attention because of its so called ‘comedy’ accents epitomised by Kerry Mucklowe, Vicky Pollard and Hot Fuzz. Of course, those of us who live here know that there is so much more to us than being gurt lush. So does Discover England who has...
If you’re anything like me then you’re looking at your diary with increasing levels of anxiety as all the free time is being gobbled up by Christmas parties, work dos, catch ups with friends you don’t really want to see and family obligations you can’t think of a reason to bail on. So...
Along with plagues of frogs, locusts and the slaying of first-borns, sits the curse of working between Christmas and New Year. If you’re down for the graveyard shift this year then you’ll be doubly kicking yourself under your desk while everyone else knocks back egg nog and pigs in...
They don’t call it Sin City for nothing and, on cue, as I arrived in Las Vegas last month, President Trump’s motorcade swept past, headed to a last-minute Mid-Term rally. And to most people, Trump perfectly sums up Vegas. He’s loud and brash; a bit seedy with the women; a high roller who...
Zac Goldsmith is going to totally do his nut! They’ve only gone and built another runway at Heathrow without telling anyone! It isn’t clear precisely how much passenger capacity the new runway will add, but in a blow to the government’s transport strategy the 8ft runway is...
