by David Hibbins | Feb 28, 2025 | Latest Travel News
Beavers will be released into the wild in England under licence for the first time, the government said today.The dam-making rodents had been extinct in this country since the 16th century after they were hunted for their meat, fur and scent glands.Now a licensing...
by David Hibbins | Feb 28, 2025 | Latest Travel News
Our love affair with Wetherspoons began almost half a century ago, when the first pub opened in Muswell Hill, north London, in 1979.Since then, hundreds have sprung up in every corner of Britain – many in repurposed, architecturally interesting buildings such as...
by David Hibbins | Feb 28, 2025 | Latest Travel News
An advertising executive in 1959 proposed promoting Greece as ‘an exclusive country, a holiday “Eldorado”, far off the usual tourist itineraries… for persons of wealth and refined taste’.The Greek islands – with their promise of sunshine, azure waters and...
by David Hibbins | Feb 27, 2025 | Latest Travel News
Archaeologists have unveiled the complete site of Egypt’s ‘Lost City of Gold’ that was buried beneath the sand for 3,000 years.The site, once a booming gold mining city called Aten, was discovered beneath the Valley of Kings in Luxor where King...
by David Hibbins | Feb 27, 2025 | Latest Travel News
These airlines are dream tickets – carriers that offer the very best cabins and customer service, according to Britons.They were voted into the top five places in a ranking unveiled this week of long-haul carriers, the list the result of a Which?...
