When I toured Lebanon last summer we drove an hour north out of Beirut to stop at the coastal town of Byblos or Jbeil which …

If you visit Lebanon, you’ll probably be wowed by the buzzy atmosphere of Beirut, get lost in the Souks of Sidon or love the gorgeous …

On our recent weekend break in Manchester, I spent an hour or so on the Sunday morning wandering around the Northern Quarter. On my Friday …

The Roman Baths in Bath are one of the city’s unique attractions and the number one thing to see in this charming UNESCO World Heritage …

I recently stayed at the Kings Head Inn at Bledington in the heart of the picture perfect Cotswolds, set on a village green intersected by …

I know that you’ll have been pondering weighty questions such as “Did the Mona Lisa have any eyelashes?” and “What did she look like naked?” …

While in Manchester recently I took a look at the Don McCullin exhibition; Shaped by War, at the Imperial War Museum North. Cyprus, Lebanon, Vietnam, Cambodia …

In November last year, I visited Lisbon for the second time, staying at the gorgeous Hotel Heritage Av Liberdade. The first time was as a …

Podcast Episode 8 in my travel podcast series takes us to the coastal city of Valencia, Spain that I visited with my family in April …

Who’s that cute little girl, sitting confidently in St Peter’s square in Rome – why, roll back the years, that’s me! As a child my …

If you take the new Metro-line tram from central Manchester out to the Salford Quays, you’ll find a regenerated waterway with smart apartment and office …