Swap classrooms and chemistry lessons for a timetable of fun around Britain. Rachel Fosterhas the pick of exciting activities to keep all the family amused.
After years of neglect, our seaside resorts are finally starting to get the love and attention they deserve. Jasper Gerardlooks at how the British coast got cool again.
Ed Gillespie boards a cargo ship in Melbourne on the latest leg of his round-the-world trip, and finds that while carbon emissions are low, the same cannot be said of nicotine levels.
Michelin-starred restaurants in Paris, a pretty 18th-century coaching inn in Durham and an all-night kebab shop in London - eating out has never been sexier say Joe Warwickand Rebecca Seal.
Want to live out your Lawrence of Arabia fantasies but can only spare a couple of days off work? Tom Robbinstravels to Oman for a weekend in the Empty Quarter - 250,000 square miles of nothing but dunes.
From California to upstate New York, a new generation of 'boutique motels' is shaking off its downbeat image and attracting a cool new clientele. Charles Gandee checks out five of the best.
