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The dark side of Thailand
While The White Lotus might be fiction, it tends to do a thorough job at presenting its destinations. Which is why my ears pricked up watching a recent episode, when – minor spoiler alert – Walton Goggins’s character, Rick Hatchett, decided to spice up his time on the Thai island of Koh Samui by visiting a seemingly legal cannabis boutique.
6-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
Is it safe to visit Turkey? Latest travel advice as Foreign Office issues warning
The Foreign Office has updated its advice on travel to Turkey. The advisory comes in response to a wave of political demonstrations across the country, prompted by the arrest of a prominent political figure.
4-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
What I learnt on my first holiday as an empty nester
If you were to ignore the amount of kit and kaboodle we once had to lug around, the constant battle to get our three sons to try foreign food, the sorting out of squabbles over choice of bed/airline seat/activity/fill-in-the-blank, it’s easy to look back with rose-tinted spectacles at the travel adventures we enjoyed as a family of five (even with the hassle, I wouldn’t have missed a second of it. Not one).
7-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
We moved to Cornwall. Everyone asks: ‘What are you doing here?’
It’s a tale as old as time. A couple repeatedly holidays in a beautiful location, falls in love with it, and decides to up sticks and relocate there in a desperate bid to bottle up that holiday romance for keeps.
5-min read - BusinessThe Telegraph
The British middle-class has been priced out of nice European holidays
Rising taxes, persistently high mortgage rates, eye-watering energy costs and the shock of inflation are all taking their toll on our spending power. Meanwhile, the cost of flights and foreign holidays continues to rise, especially during the school holidays. A return air fare to Corfu can now cost over £1,300, and a recent report by Which? found that package holiday prices in 2025 for seven out of ten popular destinations have risen above the overall UK rate of inflation since last year.
6-min read - PoliticsThe Telegraph
Travels in Trumpland: Why it could be a great – or awful – time to visit America
As someone who routinely visited the United States during the last Trump administration, even I’ve had second thoughts. Watching JD Vance berating Volodmyr Zelensky for not bowing to the Maga throne, it definitely crossed my mind: that’s it – no American trip this year for me.
6-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
The New York island that inspired Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The Sayville Ferry Terminal is just like any other, until you notice the collage of intriguing photos, some black and white, cluttering the walls. In the pictures dating back to the 1970s and 1980s, men are flopped on top of one another looking relaxed and happy.
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