With its mix of people and culture, our capital is an amazing place, but normally the wildlife gets missed completely. Generally we think we need to be in a rural setting for that. But it’s possibl…

Opened on 24th July 1816, the Old Wye bridge in Chepstow joins Monmouthshire in Wales to Gloucestershire in England, over the River Wye. Designed by John Rastrick, it has been described as “the fin…

Image: Rosamund Macfarlane. Eagle Huntress Receiving– Altai Mountains, Mongolia A shortlist of 50 exceptional photographs and films that document the earth in all its diversity, will be presented a…

There is more to Pisa than its leaning tower and its easy travel connection to the UK. There are some really nice parts of the historic centre and the sweep of the river through the town is pretty …

Just in case you were already missing the action in Russia now that the World Cup is over….

In its fifth year, the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize celebrates the best books about nature, the outdoors and UK travel. If you are looking to get away from it all, switch off your phone and ge…

Just a short distance away and with thousands of miles of scenic coastline, Brittany may be your next big summer adventure. When Claude Monet visited the region in 1886 he wrote “I am in a wonderfu…

Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children’s Hospital charity, has revealed its sixty-plus sculptures of Academy Award®-winning characters Wallace, Gromit and Feathers McGraw around Bris…

Whether you are packing a book in your suitcase and after some in-situ reading or if you are staying at home and travelling vicariously through books, we’ve chosen some fiction that will take you p…

Annabel Barber, Editor of the Blue Guides tells us about Miksa Schiffer and urges us all to add the Schiffer Villa to our places to visit in Budapest: