Modern Bric a Brac

Saved as a precious memory, while in Cornwall, we took the opportunity to visit a beach that had made a vivid impression on my Welsh One whe...

Dunluce Castle sits large in my imagination. The castle on the coast from my childhood. The castle whose kitchens fell into the sea. Abandon...

With hospitality businesses struggling due to covid, surely, it's more important than ever that Bloggers, Instagrammers and anyone on so...

Updated 4 March 2020 - four years on, I look back and think what a special experience this was. In 2016 while in Cornwall we had the chanc...

If you love the atmosphere of a university town such as Oxford or Cambridge, then you are going to love Leiden. Hand-painted onto walls all...

I've been back a few weeks but my mind keeps returning to the fabulous gardens in Valencia, formerly the riverbed of the Turia and the a...

It's Halloween, it's dark outside and it's time to get spooky. I love the romance of a wreck and in the centre of Valencia I fou...

Next weekend a festival celebrating new writers, described as a sort of fringe of the Fringe, arrives in Hove for its second year.  Th...

One lesson I learned in Florence, when it comes to eating as a tourist, don't assume you'll just happen upon a great place to eat. Y...