Fun in the sun – 5 outdoor activities in Amsterdam
The sun is shining, there's not a cloud in the sky. Or perhaps it's just not raining - whatever the reason, the time has come to discover the city's outdoor…
6 of the best…places to watch a film in London
Why waste your money on a boring multiplex? The British capital - itself the star of countless movies - has plenty of more memorable places to watch them too... When…
Is Tony Wheeler right not to dismiss the guidebook?
Image obtained from Flickr.com under Creative Commons (c) Gabriel Bergin I'm sure I wasn't the only one whose knee-jerk reaction to the article by Tony Wheeler in The Independent in…
First impressions – a Canadian in Albania
It's time for entry number five in our series; to date we have shared the experiences of an Englishman in New York for the first time, then a Canadian in San…
First impressions – a Kiwi in Cambodia
It's time for the fourth article in our series; to recap we described the experiences of an Englishman in New York for the first time, then a Canadian in San Francisco and…
First impressions – an English Lady on the Costa Brava
Here's the third article in our new (or rather re-booted) series after the first article on an Englishman in New York for the first time and the follow-up about a Canadian…
Travel advice for post-Arab Spring destinations – Abu Dhabi
Almost 18 months since the protests in Tunisia set off a chain of events which became known as the Arab Spring, each of the affected countries in the Middle East…