Posts in category People & Places

Everyone and every guidebook/app will tell you that the journey to the small seaside town of Humlebæk to see Louisiana is a must. It being …

Fuelled on countless films, crime drama series and trips to as many Scandinavian hang outs in London – the Nordic Bakery, the Scandinavian Kitchen and …

The feeling one gets when about to climb a 12,200 foot volcano rising from a 30mile wide volcanic crater, is one of angst, fear, and …

Newcastle is a delightful riparian gem of reassuring Georgian architecture sloping down towards the Tyne River in the northeast of England. Grey Street, in particular, …

Nestled in a bucolic arcadia of merrie England, Winchester is the ancient capital of a forgotten kingdom. It has that venerable beauty you only get …

Notting Hill, situated just to north-west of Hyde Park, is a delightful little enclave of London overflowing with comforting cosiness.  It even has a happily …

As the London 2012 Olympic bubble reaches its inevitable pop, the same question is on everyone’s lips – well everyone’s in Britain at least. Did …

When I travelled to Hvar (Croatia’s largest island) about 3 years ago, I realised very quickly this was quite a ‘trendy’ destination. Shiny yachts were …

Despite all the doubts, pessimism and critique that the London 2012 Olympics received in the build up to the games, it seems that in the …

Another one of my idiosyncratic obsessions is Russia. My attention and interest are simply drawn there. The more I learn of it, the more I …