My new novella
I have travelled extensively during my 26 years as a journalist, with and without my son. I’ve presented and produced award-winning TV, radio and print journalism and been rewarded with a lifetime…
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Spirited away on the Isle of Jersey
I broke my phone. As in I actively, with intent, broke my phone. Never one to do things by halves, in a fit of hormonal rage (yoga is not working)…
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12 top travel journalists unite to say: We love cruise
Twelve British travel writers have come together to produce a five-minute video explaining why they love cruises. The journalists, all working from home in lockdown, decided to act after being…
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Silent reverence in Laos
In the cloak of fading darkness, shadows appear in the delicate hues of a new dawn. An apparition of tangerine-robed figures takes shape from the soft glow oozing from the…
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Coronavirus support for businesses
Well who would have thought that we would be living in such a difficult time, both personal and professionally, just a few weeks ago. It is of course, unprecedented in…
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Around the world in two kilometres
This is not a journey to a far flung corner of the world such as the Chilean port of Valparaiso, among the many favourite destinations I have visited over the…
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Paradise with stilts on
The atoll of islands the Maldives bashes every travel writing cliché into touch. Talcum powder sand, azure bath warm waters, one of the best (if not the best) diving and…
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Grand tour of Imperial cities
By Tina Ediss The ticket collector looks very young; his uniform is too big and swamps him. He seems happy working on the train which, he says, is what he…
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Guernica, 80 years later: An anniversary of a tragedy
‘Celebrate’ would be an inappropriate word to choose, but on 26th April every year the Basque town of Guernica marks the anniversary of a shocking event that thrust it unwillingly…
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Sake, dogs and community
By Rob Goss. With a sudden tug, Henry sends a slug of sake over my hand. Blame it on the toy poodle in the distance. Or me for trying to…
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The best New Year fireworks in the world: Vivid Sydney
Sarah Tucker takes a trip down under to Sydney’s winter and the annual drama that is the Vivid Festival. Sydney becomes a living firework for three weeks during the Vivid…
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Online photography exhibition: On the Water
We dedicate this online photography exhibition to health workers…
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On target for a lucky break in Shillong
Every now and then I’m tempted to waste anything from 5 to 10 euros on lottery tickets, for which the numbers are chosen automatically, sold at the check-out at my…
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Wrong turns and tobacco: Hiking the Tanzawa, Japan
By Rob Goss. As dawn approaches atop Tonodake (Mount To), a chill wind whips over the exposed peak. Off to the west, Mount Fuji begins to emerge as the darkness…
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Unsung heroes of the Seychelles
With dozens of islands to choose from in the Seychelles, where do you start? After Mahe, Praslin and La Digue have been visited, this choice of three others will satisfy…
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Holidays that are fair for everyone
For many of us a week baking at the beach no longer cuts it. Today, hot on the heels of ecotourism and voluntourism, comes fair trade tourism. The fastest-growing sector…
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Saint Lucia launches first podcast
BGTW members Jon Holmes and Antonia Windsor announce armchair guide to help listeners take their mind off the current situation with a virtual holiday in the Caribbean. We might all…
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Travel: the unclear shape of things to come
What will the world of travel look like when the COVID-19 crisis is over?…
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Canalling with granny
Having enjoyed several narrowboat holidays with our teenage children, my husband and I were only too pleased when our daughter Bridget suggested an intergenerational trip with her two small boys. ‘Tunnel…
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March 2020 Budget
What a lot has changed since I last commented on a Budget! That was back in November 2018 and it was Philip Hammond’s third budget as Chancellor and the second…
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Geoff Moore featured in local news
After working on this travel story for nearly eight years I ended up making the news myself at the launch of the new schedule passenger helicopter service between Penzance and…
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