Tuber Time
Tom Harrow, aka WineChap, has a soft spot for many things; wine, food, more wine, more food, opera, more wine. So it wasn’t surprising when he disappeared to Alba in search of the legendary white truffle. And wine.
Browsing: The Explorer
Galapagos National Park
January: the month of return-to-work blues, the New Year detox, the attempt not to break…
Notes from a Venice Virgin
Travel writer Paul Joyce takes to the high seas for a virgin trip from Venice to Athens, by way of Dubrovnik. Armed with camera and notepad, he haggles, snaps and pens his way through a velocious Venetian adventure.
Florence: Off-Season Art
Known as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and historical home to the powerful Medici…
Piemonte’s White Gold
The white truffle is one of the most heralded and expensive foodstuffs on the planet. Sophie McLean explores the rugged landscape of Piedmont for the annual truffle fair, in search of the finest foods, wines and Italian white gold.
Bled, Sweat and Tears
Two Ladies in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Bugs): Miss York never thought she would sit in a canoe, let alone row one. But with no other mode of transport to get across Lake Bled to the island church, she found herself sticking her oar in.
The Girl on the Downs: A Middle-Aged Mystery
The Dorset Downs in the swing of summer is a glorious place to be; even better when you have the company of an old friend. But Joyce and AP found that a wander through the woods can become a haunting stroll along memory lane.
The Windermere Suites, Lake District
If Windermere Suites had been around in Wainwright’s day, I fear that there would now…
A Gallivant in Galway
“Keep your heart in the suitcase and your eyes on the road,” were Paul Joyce’s parting comments about visiting Ireland as he left the office with a weekend case in one hand and his trusty camera in the other. The Galway Arts Festival had piqued his interest to return to the land of his ancestral roots; from Chekhov to Matisse to the resplendent Ashford Castle, the romance of Galway was hard to resist.
Written and illustrated by Paul Joyce.
Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel, Lake District
The advent of a new administration can be an unsettling time. It could be argued…
Bondi or Bust
I’m standing on Bondi Beach, it’s a balmy 73 degrees and I’m freezing. It may…
The MS Marco Polo
Intrepid explorer Paul Joyce braves the high-seas on Cruise & Maritime’s ageing ex-Russian navy charter,…