Scenic sunsets, North Yorkshire Saltburn by the Sea It has a gorgeous beach, plenty of ice cream, café bars and a thriving arts scene. Among the highlights are II. It includes a walk along the Grade II-listed pier and a journey down the UK’s oldest water-balanced cliff tramway (it is still closed at the time… Read More »
I kicked my legs powerfully, breaking the surface of the sea and breathing in lungfuls of Adriatic air as the salt water cleared from my eyes. I surfaced to look around. There were high cliffs in front of me. From the shore came the deafening sound of cicadas, as loud as a storm. For some,… Read More »
Five stars doesn’t have to mean flashy facades and legions of staff with starched collars. When it comes to luxury hotels in Tenerife, both the sophistication of shiny shoes and barefoot seclusion sit in the lap of the country. You can cool off in subtropical gardens in the rolling hills in the lush north, enjoy… Read More »
Central square in the Azabudai Hills complex, which includes Janu Tokyo – Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty Images From Tokyo’s most coveted new gym, I was looking out at a blue sky filled with cartoon-perfect clouds. Layered silhouettes of reflective glass towers. Neat toy-like fashion flagships (Hermès, Dior, Cartier) along winding roads. Rainbow-colored spring flowers and… Read More »
Site of the former Heythrop College in London’s Kensington Square: its future development remains uncertain – Betty Laura Zapata/Bloomberg It was supposed to be a luxury “afterlife facility” where residents could have afternoon tea on the landscaped terrace and play croquet on the manicured lawn. Located in a Grade II-listed former Jesuit seminary in Kensington,… Read More »
What does home mean to you? In an article for Telegraph Travel, Clover Stroud described how moving her family from the Cotswolds to Washington DC last summer gave her a different perspective on how she defines home. Although she still felt “homesick,” she explained that “home can be a feeling as well as a place,… Read More »
Long clotheslines drying in the breeze are what alert you that you’ve entered Amish country. “For Amish women, every day is laundry day,” says Jim, our driver and guide. “Every day except Sunday.” While staying with friends in Pennsylvania last month, I wanted to visit the super-productive farmland of Lancaster County, about an hour west… Read More »
Roy Cross, who died the day after his 100th birthday, captured the imagination of younger generations as Airfix’s chief artist during the golden age of model kits in the 1960s and 1970s. His images, reproduced on a cardboard box lid or bag label, went beyond a simple guide to what paint colors to use and… Read More »
Singapore Airlines’ chief executive has issued a public apology after a plane taking off from Heathrow Airport experienced extreme turbulence that resulted in the death of a 73-year-old British man. A spokesman for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, where the plane was directed, said that after the “traumatic” turbulence, a moment of silence was paid to the… Read More »
Mike Leigh’s brilliant 1976 Dorset-based comedy Nuts in May begins with Keith and Candice-Marie taking the chain ferry from Sandbanks across the mouth of Poole harbor to the Isle of Purbeck; they camp here, visit Corfe Castle, walk along the mighty Jurassic coastline. and gets into an argument with a young Brummie couple named Finger… Read More »