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9 more things I hate about hotels
Teeny weeny tea cups
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Amsterdam’s markets
The Dutch capital has lots of markets to discover
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Hiking in Hong Kong
Being one of the most densely populated cities in the world and having more high-rise buildings than any other, you’d think that Hong Kong would be…
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London for free
There’s so much to do that’s free in the capital, and here’s some suggestions
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9 things I hate about hotels
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June 2025

A wild time in New York
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The joy of flying Ryanair
Yesterday I was boarding a Ryanair flight at Copenhagen Airport and there was an overzealous member of staff catching out people with oversized baggage.
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La Gomera, the forgotten Canary Island
I felt a tad like Indiana Jones as I traipsed through the hot and humid rainforest, with trees of every description surrounding me.
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May 2025

Legendary photographer Stephen Shames on having a traveller rather than tourist mindset
In the 1960s, American photographer Stephen Shames befriended and photographed activists and revolutionaries such as Martin Luther King and the Black…
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It’s terrible Boeing’s bosses have got off scot-free after the shocking 737 MAX crashes
In October 2018 all 189 occupants of an Indonesian Lion Air flight were killed 13 minutes after takeoff when their aircraft crashed into the Java Sea.
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Wildlife and wild times in Langkawi, Malaysia
I have an aversion to risk: mentioning politics at a dinner party is as about brave as I’ll usually go.
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Discover Nicaragua before the hordes come
Central America’s largest country remains one of the region’s least-visited destinations
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