29
Feb
Russell’s co-owner Andrew Riley meets us at the door with a cheery smile and
says he%26rsquo;ll show us to the room. %26ldquo;C%26rsquo;mon, give me your bag - I%26rsquo;m going there
anyway, so I may as well be helpful.%26rdquo;
He is - and entertaining with it. %26ldquo;Blimey, they had the room cold last night,%26rdquo;
he says, juggling the thermostat. Now [...]
29
Feb
RIMINI will always be a special place for me because it is where I first saw
my father. My parents divorced when I was a baby and I had no contact with
him until I was a teenager.
When I was 12 my mother and I drove from England to Rimini beach. Among the
crowds, the ice-cream sellers and [...]
29
Feb
THERE is a sign in a vast old paper mill by the side of the road in Fabbriche
di Casabasciana on which is scrawled in green paint, trote vive - live
trout. You get out of the car (often in the driving rain), try not to get
flattened by the juggernauts that thunder up and down the Brennero, [...]
29
Feb
PRAIANO
Quiet neighbour
Between the two popular towns of Amalfi and Positano lies the smaller, less
ostentatious village of Praiano - a clutch of houses, small hotels and
friendly trattorias strung along the Amalfi coastal road.
A network of footpaths runs between the hotels and olive groves down to two
small beaches, and the town squares of Chiesa San Luca and [...]
29
Feb
MAKING children excited about history can be as tricky as getting them to
finish a plateful of broccoli. The group of eight-year-olds I took to The 02
Dome to see the Tutankhamun exhibition were semi-delirious with boredom
after 15 minutes of looking at golden artefacts.
Since museums were a big yawn, I thought the best way to get my [...]
29
Feb
THE most famous temptations of northern Italy - the cities of Venice, Milan
and Turin, and the panoramic charms of the Lakes - make it easy to forget
the diversity and richness of the region’s smaller towns.
Yet from Rivoli in western Piedmont to Trieste in the east, it is possible to
enjoy all pleasures of the region, but [...]
29
Feb
Read
our special on Budget Travel
I%26rsquo;m like a rich person, only without the money. By which I mean I%26rsquo;m tight %26ndash;
not dry-teabags-on-a-draining-board tight, but I like to look after the
pounds (I%26rsquo;m not bothered at all what the pennies do).
And I love a bargain, especially when I%26rsquo;m on holiday. Trouble is, I don%26rsquo;t like
to subject myself [...]
29
Feb
Travel will revert to its glamour days with the opening of Terminal 5, we%26rsquo;re
told, by British Airways chairman Martin Broughton in our video above.
He was speaking to us from one of the airline%26rsquo;s new lounges at Terminal 5,
where it was hard to argue with him %26ndash; behind us the final touches were being
put to a [...]
29
Feb
Doug McKinlay’s shutter speed gallery and read on to find out how to get
the same results
With lower-priced digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras flooding the
market in the past couple of years photography has probably never been so
popular.
However, just because cameras have come down in price doesn%26rsquo;t mean they are
any easier to use. Whether people still [...]
29
Feb
In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder,
bloodshed - they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the
Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy
and peace and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles,
The Third Man
Last week, Paul Gascoigne was sectioned under the Mental Health Act [...]
