Holiday
- LifestyleThe Telegraph
The UK’s best family-friendly one-night festive breaks
Usually I’m a bit of a Grinch, straddling December in a listless Christmas/Hanukkah limbo, trying to muster some cheer for the benefit of my children. But this year, I vowed, would be different. There would be matching Christmas pyjamas, jolly knitwear – and a festive minibreak.
7-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
The quaint Cornish town fighting to stop the next Eden Project
Tucked away in the upper reaches of the Fowey Valley, the little town of Lostwithiel looks a picture of serenity: a church steeple rising above a flag-strewn high street, a placid river burbling between the arches of a pretty medieval bridge, and steep wooded hillsides on all sides, with the crumbling curtain wall of Restormel Castle just visible over the rooftops.
6-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
Inside the new Silverstone hotel (where you can watch the race from your bed)
Both things can be true. This is a mantra we are currently practising as a family. For example: yes your brother has spent the past 10 minutes tapping the top of your head with a pencil, which is utterly enraging and frankly sociopathic behaviour. But also: you spent the 10 minutes prior to that kicking him in the shin so his response is miraculous in its moderation. These things can both be true, so you might as well breathe and move on with your life.
5-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
Six European destinations you can reach by train in under six hours from London
Step onto a train at London St Pancras and later that day you could be sipping trappist beers in Belgium, wandering the grounds of a fairytale schloss, or cycling through the Loire Valley. All of these experiences are within reach without the hassles of air travel: a journey unfettered by long passport control queues, turbulence or baggage woes.
5-min read - SportThe Telegraph
‘The best season-opening conditions in 20 years’ – ski resorts welcome fresh snow and bluebird skies
The ski season in Europe has begun as resorts celebrate bumper snowfall and welcome thousands of visitors to the slopes.
9-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
Why this deserted village will be the Kentish coast’s next big thing
The first time I went to Littlestone-On-Sea, I parked the car, got out – and promptly got straight back in again. I’d driven the 10 minutes from Dungeness, where outsized skies ranged over shingle busy with alien-like plants and designer cabins, and where the strange dry gardens felt like a glimpse into a possible future (one in which we might all be practising horticulture on the moon).
6-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
The campaign against British tourists is beginning to feel personal
Five years ago, during the summer of 2018, I travelled to Venice, Dubrovnik and the Isle of Skye to present a series of videos about a buzzword that seemed to be whizzing around, relentlessly, like one of those spinny toys European hawkers throw high in the air to amuse our children. “Overtourism.”
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