The 10 Best Tents

Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Boycott Burma: To go or not to go?

Monday, 2 June 2008

There’s nothing like having your preconceived ideas shaken up a bit by meeting people who are personally involved in an issue you thought you knew about.

This week's tip for travellers

Sunday, 1 June 2008

The book

Simon Calder: The man who spies all day

Saturday, 31 May 2008

Monday: visit the Hermitage in St Petersburg, then take the overnight train to Moscow. Tuesday: explore the glittering palaces and churches of the Kremlin, then the glittering shops and restaurants along Tverskaya. Wednesday: start the day with some light cloak-and-dagger duties, then meet double agent in Gorky Park.

Luxury hotels: Life in the fast lane

Saturday, 31 May 2008

In the evolution of the luxury hotel, a mantra for success is not so much survival of the fittest as survival of the fattest. Whereas most luxury hotels are happy to offer excellent service, award-winning cuisine, drop-dead gorgeous suites and views over private white-sand beaches, a distinct clutch of properties feel this is nowhere near enough, and step everything up several gears. They simply cannot help themselves when it comes to excess. They do not just want to be big and bold; they want to have multiples of everything: kitchens, sports cars, private jets, wine cellars. So much so that you wonder how they can possibly afford it all, even when the rates are in excess of £1,000 a night.

Something to declare: Driving in France; Zweibrücken; Heathrow Express

Saturday, 31 May 2008

Warning of the week: Driving in France

My life in travel: Micheal Rosen

Saturday, 31 May 2008

First holiday memory?

My life in travel: Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Saturday, 31 May 2008

First holiday memory?

This Week's Tips For Travellers

Sunday, 25 May 2008

Are We There Yet?: Hey, mum, let's play masterchef

Sunday, 25 May 2008

Cookery holidays are all the rage, which is good news for my eldest, who wants to be a celebrity chef. Where better for a junior masterchef to wreak culinary havoc than a rural Spanish "cocina"? All Ways Spain (00 34 958 223 766; www.allwaysspain.com) offers some appetising family sojourns in Granada, with cookery lessons run by English-speaking chefs.