As we head inexorably towards winter, it is pleasant to reflect on sunnier times just gone – as recently as last month, in fact. So it was that ...

First off, I should say that the heading to this blog is not alliterative. The town is pronounced something like ‘Hania’ – the ̵...

I can’t remember how many times I have been to Paris (I do recall the first time was in 1976) but I returned on Tuesday for the first time since...

Covid has been and is making many people desperate to be able to sort out a satisfying holiday away from it all. OK, I get that nowhere is a safe have...

And so, after two years without a visit to continental Europe, late last month we returned to Provence. It was like greeting a familiar friend. The ma...

The truth is that when it comes to any things foreign, I have not been anywhere for 18 months (even though I have had my two coronavirus jabs). With t...

We are in the middle of March, but since for many of us the prospect of a summer holiday abroad has been denied for approaching two years, it is small...

A lighthearted (?) take on four years of Donald Trump on US election polling day…apologies that some of the images may seem a little dated but t...

Let’s talk a little about China. Not that I’ve ever been there and this is the first year since 1975 I have not been outside the UK (actua...