Posts in category People & Places

It’s been a while. One of those periods were life just happens and before you know it days have gone by and to-do lists keep …

1. Stay at the Regent Hotel, if you manage to book a room on the Tai Pan floor: you will have access to the most delicious …

Lanzarote is enjoying something of a tourism revival of late, with the growth of small towns like Playa Blanca meaning that areas that were previously …

Last weekend I returned to Paris with my father, again on the speedy Eurostar, but this time in Standard Premium.  Definitely worth paying the extra for …

Last week was a big one for South Africa – and a particularly big one for Cape Town. Bon Jovi performed at the Cape Town …

I feel as if I must tell everyone who reads this column about that time I forget United Airlines still sucks… Actually, it’s more of …

About two years ago, I started visiting local cafes on a daily basis. Like most, I swapped in my breakfast ‘tea and toast’ routine at …

In the heart of the Great Karoo in South Africa lies the small town of Graaff-Reinet, which is insanely hot in summer and bitterly cold …

Cape Town seems to be stuck in one of those in-between moments, where it’s not quite summer anymore but not quite winter yet – and …