Fancy a festive dip? The best outdoor Christmas swims in the UK | Christmas and New Year holidays
Modern life has almost eradicated mass uprisings of cheer – almost, but not quite, as there’s nothing like a group roar into a freezing sea…
How to look after your mental health over the Christmas and New Year holidays
Twenty years ago Charlotte Osman moved to Australia from London and found herself alone over Christmas.She tried activities like joining a charity lunch and reading in…
A spiritual walk on the South Downs: the Old Way pilgrims’ route | Sussex holidays
As I heft the weight of the backpack on to my shoulders, I ask myself: am I too old for this? In my 20s I…
Steam trains, shipwrecks and Tarka the otter: a car-free break around Exeter, Devon | Exeter holidays
The moon makes a silver path over Tor Bay. It’s framed by clouds of steam, glowing lilac in the train’s floodlights. This is the view…
‘A land of fairy pools and exquisite light’: escape to the wilds of Skye | Isle of Skye holidays
However fraught your journey (ours is seven hours, fretting as our electric car battery dwindles), reaching Kinloch Lodge is a joyful corrective. As you cross…
‘The view was heavenly’: 22 of the best travel discoveries of 2022 | Europe holidays
‘Irish Lake District’, County FermanaghWe’d come for a family wedding in County Cavan, and spent a few days exploring the “Irish Lake District” in neighbouring…
How Strasbourg became the evergreen ‘capital of Christmas’ | Strasbourg holidays
It’s mid-morning on a December Saturday and Strasbourg’s rue des Orfèvres is rammed with festive shoppers. They’re gawping into patisserie shops and jewellery boutiques, snapping…
Spain holidays relief for Brits as major airport strikes called off last minute
Industrial action by workers affiliated to CCOO on December 22, 23, 30 and 31 and on January 5 and January 6 at a number of…
6 amazing sustainable holidays for the bucket list – including penguins and giraffes
Strolling with giraffes in Tanzania, meeting penguins in the Antarctic, and walking across the majestic Patagonian wilderness are three bucket list trips you might be…
‘Something special in the air’: new bars, art, music and restaurants are turning heads in Stockport | Manchester holidays
When earlier this year the Manchester DJ Luke Unabomber declared “Stockport is the new Berlin” – a tagline enthusiastically taken up in this northern town…